| 单词 | strut |
| 释义 | strut (once / 1551 pages) vn When you strut, you walk with a proud swagger that has a little arrogance thrown in, like the prance of a running back who has just flown past the 250-pound linebackers and planted the ball in the end zone. You can't strut and be shy about it — when you strut, you know people are watching you. The big boss in a gangster film, a model on the runway, and the rap artist whose album has just gone platinum all know how to strut. The noun form of strut has a little less flash and refers to a vertical or horizontal support that holds something up, like the long steel bars holding up a building. WORD FAMILYstrut: struts, strutted, strutting USAGE EXAMPLESShe kept on smiling and strutting in her high heels; she held her microphone toward the crowd. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) Another world-class striker strutting his stuff in the Premiership. BBC(Dec 28, 2016) Its African-American “queens” bridge two generations, and show differing levels of self-affirmation as they dance, sing, sass, sashay, fight, strut, mentor and mope. Seattle Times(Dec 10, 2016) 1v to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others He struts around like a rooster in a hen house Syn|Hyper cock, prance, ruffle, sashay, swagger, tittup walk use one's feet to advance; advance by steps 2n a proud stiff pompous gait Syn|Hyper prance, swagger gait a person's manner of walking 3n brace consisting of a bar or rod used to resist longitudinal compression Hyper brace, bracing a structural member used to stiffen a framework |
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