英语词汇“boast”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

verb | noun

boastboast1 /boʊst/ ●●○ verb

ETYMOLOGYboast¹

Origin: 1200-1300 Anglo-French bost boasting

VERB TABLE

boast

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	boast
	he, she, it	boasts
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	boasted
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have boasted
	he, she, it	has boasted
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had boasted
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will boast
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have boasted

Continuous Form
Present	I	am boasting
	he, she, it	is boasting
	you, we, they	are boasting
Past	I, he, she, it	was boasting
	you, we, they	were boasting
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been boasting
	he, she, it	has been boasting
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been boasting
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be boasting
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been boasting

COLLOCATIONS► like to boast

They like to boast that their ad campaigns get noticed.

1[intransitive, transitive] to talk too proudly about your abilities, achievements, or possessions, sometimes in a way that annoys other people SYN brag: I don’t want to boast, but I was the first woman ever to win the competition. “I wouldn’t be afraid,” she boasted.boast that The company boasts that its packaging is recyclable.boast about Scott was boasting about winning the game.boast of He boasted of having once sung with the Count Basie Orchestra. They like to boast that their ad campaigns get noticed.2[transitive] if a place, object, or organization boasts something, it has something that is very good: The new athletic center boasts an Olympic-size swimming pool.—boaster noun [countable]