bluffs

英 [blʌfs]

美 [blʌfs]

n.  虚张声势的做法; 唬人; (尤指海边或河边的)峭壁，陡岸
v.  虚张声势; 唬人; 吹牛
bluff的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• See also:The letter was a bluff...It is essential to build up the military option and show that this is not a bluff...What we're at here is a game of bluff.double bluff
• PHRASE （因料到对方不敢行动而）要求…摊牌，接受…的挑战
  If youcallsomeone'sbluff, you tell them to do what they have been threatening to do, because you are sure that they will not really do it.
  1. The Socialists have decided to call the opposition's bluff.
     社会党人已经决定接受对方的挑战。
• VERB 欺骗；误导；吓唬；虚张声势
  If youbluff, you make someone believe that you will do something when you do not really intend to do it, or that you know something when you do not really know it.
  1. Either side, or both, could be bluffing...
     任何一方，或者双方，都可能是在故弄玄虚。
  2. In each case the hijackers bluffed the crew using fake grenades...
     每一个案例中，劫机者都用了假手榴弹吓唬机组人员。
  3. He tried to bluff his way through another test and failed it.
     他试图再次在考试中蒙混过关，但却露馅了。
• N-COUNT （尤指河边或海边的）悬崖，峭壁，陡岸
  Abluffis a steep cliff or bank, especially by a river or the sea.
  1. ...a high bluff over the Congaree River.
     康加里河边高耸的峭壁
• ADJ-GRADED 坦率的；坦白的；直言的
  If you describe someone, usually a man, asbluff, you mean that they have a very direct way of speaking and behaving.
  1. He comes across as a man with a bluff exterior who, beyond that, is difficult to get to know...
     他给人感觉是一个直来直去的人，但内心却让人捉摸不透。
  2. He has continued to write with a bluff, vivid humour about Yorkshire life.
     他继续用一种直白而又诙谐生动的笔触描绘着约克郡的生活。

双语例句

• I went back repeatedly with other cyclists in tow to admire the scene and slide down the sandy bluffs.
  我和其他几个自行车手沿着这陡峭的一侧的沙石路尾随着滑翔而下，同时欣赏着路边的景色。
• Today, poker a card game of gambling, bluffs, luck and skill has gone upscale.
  现在，扑克一个需要冒险、虚张声势、运气和技术的纸牌游戏已经走向了高层次。
• Military strategists worry that the feints and bluffs seen between Chinese ships and those of other nations could more easily lead to miscalculations if carried out by fighter jets.
  军事战略家们担心，如果中国的战斗机像中国舰船那样，在遭遇其它国家舰船时玩出各种假动作和虚张声势，那可能更容易导致误判。
• It is a savage world, filled with badlands and bluffs and hardscrabble vegetation.
  一个蛮荒的世界，到处是荒野、峭壁和贫瘠的植被。
• Sheltered By thick But Bare Bluffs of aspens, stood a large house, Built of logs, white-washed, solid.
  在一片稠密却光秃的白杨树丛掩蔽之下，有一所用圆木造的大房子，粉刷洁白，坚固结实。
• The twitch he has to hide when he bluffs.
  他诈牌时左眼轻微抽搐，他会用手遮挡。
• The same principles can be applied to Poker in calling bluffs or bluffing other people.
  同样的原则也适用于扑克在电话拉夫斯或吓唬其他人。