| 单词 | strut |
| 释义 | strut1 /strʌt/ verb (strutted, strutting) [intransitive] 1 WALKto walk proudly with your head high and your chest pushed forwards, showing that you think you are important 趾高气扬地走，架子十足地走strut around/about/across etc I strutted around Chicago as if I were really somebody. 我在芝加哥街头昂首阔步，好像自己真是个人物似的。2 strut your stuff informalSHOW OFF to show your skill at doing something, especially dancing or performing 〔尤在跳舞或表演方面〕展示自己的本领 The band strutted their stuff in a free concert. 那支乐队在一场免费音乐会上一显身手。→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusstrut• He strutted across the stage like Mick Jagger.• No matter how he strutted and screamed, the end result was more like watching performance art than hearing a concert.• The hotel was full of rich people strutting around in fur coats and Rolex watches.• Jackson strutted around on stage between songs.• The rival male, meanwhile, strutted around the deserted lady partridge in ill-disguised triumph.• Arjuna Ranatunga was a dictatorial leader, who strutted around the field with Napoleonic arrogance.• Molassi pushed Rodomonte away and strutted forward.• And by 1895, the city was ready to strut its stuff when it hosted the Cotton States International Exposition.• One bird strutted pompously; another crawled into a corner to die.• The dancers clapped and strutted, tossing their heads boldly like horses.strut around/about/across etc• She strutted around in the snow as if it belonged to her.• They strutted around, sombre and authoritative, clearly in charge of the proceedings.• The rival male, meanwhile, strutted around the deserted lady partridge in ill-disguised triumph.• Arjuna Ranatunga was a dictatorial leader, who strutted around the field with Napoleonic arrogance.• He strutted about the office on his flat feet and smiled too much.• Anyway, the three friends strut around their complex baiting police, doing Robert De Niro impressions and generally causing trouble.• He strutted about with the woman at his side, looking the picture of a freighter captain.Related topics: Building, Airstrut2 noun 1. [countable]TBTTA a long thin piece of metal or wood used to support a part of a building, the wing of an aircraft etc 支柱，撑杆，支杆2. [singular]WALKPROUD a proud way of walking, with your head high and your chest pushed forwards 趾高气扬的步态，昂首阔步的样子Examples from the Corpusstrut• The prototype antenna popped from its carrier like a jack-in-the-box, and its three 92-foot accordion struts inflated as planned.• Each leg consisted of a primary strut with an inner and outer cylinder in a piston-like arrangement.• They call it the strut now.• The struts of the bridge whirred by, dripping.• You had to go by their strut to distinguish between who should be approached and who avoided.Origin strut1 Old English strutian “to make an effort” strut2 1. (1500-1600) Origin unknown. 2. (1600-1700) → STRUT1strut1 verbstrut2 nounChinese high proudly with Corpus head your walk to |
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