n.夸大的言辞

英文释义

n. Originally, cotton, or cotton wool.

n. Cotton, or any soft, fibrous material, used as stuffing for garments; stuffing; padding.

n. Fig.: High-sounding words; an inflated style; language above the dignity of the occasion; fustian.

a. High-sounding; inflated; big without meaning; magniloquent; bombastic.

v. t. To swell or fill out; to pad; to inflate.

词干

bombast 吹嘘
→ 来自拉丁词bombyx， 丝，丝棉。吹嘘义可能来自bomb。