brandished

英 [ˈbrændɪʃt]

美 [ˈbrændɪʃt]

v.  挑衅地挥舞，激动地挥舞(尤指武器)
brandish的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB (威胁地）挥舞（尤指武器）
  If youbrandishsomething, especially a weapon, you hold it in a threatening way.
  1. He appeared in the lounge brandishing a knife.
     他挥舞着一把小刀，出现在休息室里。

双语例句

• This may come as a disappointment, but most Viking men brandished scythes, not swords.
  这也许是挺让人失望的一件事，维京男人们最经常使用的不是剑，而是镰刀。
• They buzzed round the prince and stung his face and hands; angrily he drew his sword and brandished it, but he only touched the air and did not hit the gnats.
  他们嗡嗡轮王子和刺着他的脸和手，他愤怒地把他的剑，挥舞着它，但他只摸到了空气，并没有击中蚊蚋。
• Brisk brave brigadiers brandished broad bright blades, blunderbusses, and bludgeons& balancing them badly.
  敏捷而勇敢的陆军军长们挥舞着锋利的刀剑，大口径短枪和大头棒－体差点失去平衡。
• Repeatedly, Vautrin confronted Japanese troops at the gates of the college and ordered them to stay out, even as they cursed her and brandished in her face bayonets dripping with blood.
  在学校的大门口，魏特琳多次挺身阻止日军进入校内，并命令他们离开，甚至当日军咒骂她和用血迹斑斑的刺刀在她脸上乱晃时，她也毫不退让。
• The jester brandished his bauble.
  丑角挥动手中拿着的木棒。
• A long time because I did not cook in the above brandished a knife.
  因为我很久没有在上面挥刀宰嘎嘎了。
• She had Toby beside her and she brandished his power like a club, attacking all the important studio executives.
  她有托比作靠山，象挥舞着棍棒似的使用他的权利，攻击所有重要的电影制片厂的头头。
• If you cannot help them to become pleasant people without rewards and punishments, you will find that both carrot and stick must be brandished with alarming frequency.
  如果没有奖惩，你就无法帮助他们成为讨人喜欢的人，那么你会发现，胡萝卜和大棒的使用频率必须达到惊人的程度。
• The president-elect has brandished his reputation for non-partisanship and for a willingness to negotiate.
  这位当选总统一直在炫耀自己的无党派和愿意协商的声誉。
• No one knows for sure whether it will ever be brandished from Frankfurt or if European treaties even allow it.
  没有人确切知道，法兰克福是否会挥舞这一武器，抑或欧洲协议是否会允许它存在。