always boasting about how wonderful her children are. 她总是夸耀她的孩子们多么出色。◊ He open〖y boasted 〇/ his sfciH 〇5 a burgiar.他公然炫耀他的金窃手法。◊ [V that] Sam boasted that she could beat anyone at poker. 萨姆吹嘘说打扑克牌谁都贏不了她。[also V speech] 2 [VN】 (not used in the progressive tenses 不用手进行时）to have sth that is impressive and that you can be proud of.有.^（值得自豪的东西）：The hoteZ ako boasts two swimming pook and a goi/course.那家宾馆还拥有两个 游泳池和一个高尔夫球场。

mnoun ~ (that ... ) (often disapproving) something that a person talks about in a very proud way, often to seem more important or clever 夸耀；夸口： Despite his boasts that his children were brilliant, neither of them went to coHege•尽管他夸赞他的两个孩子聪明，他们却都 ± ^ 〇 0 It was her proud boast that she had

never missed a day’s worfc because 〇/ 沿ness.她所引以自 豪的是她从未因病而耽误过一天工作。 boast.fui "baustfl; /V/Amf .boostfl/ £?办（d/soppraw'/ig) talking about yourself in a very proud way i 吹自擂 的；自夸的：/ tried to emphasize my good points without sounding boas的li.我在强调自己的优点时尽量不让人觉 得是在自我吹嘘。

boat /beut; NAmEbout/ noun

1 a vehicle (smaller than a ship) that travels on water,

moved by oars, sails or a motor 小船；汽艇；舟：a rowfng/safHn^ boat 划艇；帆船◊ a Soat ―船◊

Ybu can tafce a boat trip a丨ong the coast.你可以乘船 沿海岸旅游一趟。一see also canal boat, lifeboat,

MOTORBOAT, POWERBOAT, SPEEDBOAT, STEAMBOAT

2 any ship (:泛指）船：‘How are you go/ng to France?’ We’re going by boat 1= by ferry).’ “你怎么去法国？ ’：

“我们乘船去。”.一pictures and vocabulary notes on pages R2, R3, R4 — see also gravy boat, sauce boat ITSrai be in the same boat to be in the same difficult situation 处于同样的困境一more at burn v., float v.,

MISS V., PUSH V., ROCK V.

boat-er /'b0ut0(r); NAmE 'bout-/ noun a hard straw hat with a flat top 平顶硬草帽一picture o hat boat-hook /'bauthuk; NAmE 'bout-/ noun a long pole with a hook at one end, used for pulling or pushing boats撑篙，钩杆（一端有钩，用于推拉船只） boathouse /'bauthaus; NAmE 'bout-/ noun a building beside a river or lake for keeping a boat in 船库 boating /'bautirj; NAmE 'boutiq/ noun [U] the activity of using a small boat for pleasure 划船（运动或消遣）：to go boating 去划船◊ iocaZ activities fnducie waZfcing, boatingandgoi/.当地的活动包括散步、划船以及打高尔 夫球。

boat-man /'bautman; NAmE'bout-/ noun {pi. -men /-man/) a man who earns money from small boats, either by carrying passengers or goods on them, or by renting them out靠小船营生的人；摆渡者；小船出租人 'boat people noun [pi] people who escape from their own country in small boats to try to find safety in another country船民（乘小船逃到他国的难民） boatswain /'beusn; NAmE'bou-/ noun = bosun 'boat train noun a train that takes passengers to or from a place where a boat arrives or leaves 港口 联运歹(J 车；港口接驳列车

boatyard /'bautjaid; NAmE 'boutjaird/ noun a place where boats are tuilt, repaired or kept 船玛；造船厂；

修船厂

Bob /bDb; NAmEba:b/ noun IT»TO1 Bob^ your 'unde (BrE, used to say how easy and quick it is to (io a particular task 易如反掌：Press here and Bob’s your imc〖e/ ft’s disappeared.按一下这里就成了！消失了。 bob /bDb; NAmE ba±/ verb, noun

m verb (-bb-) 1 ~ (sth) (up and down) to move or make sth move quickly up and down, especially in water (使在 水中）上下速移动，摆动：[V] Tiny boats bobbed up and down in the harbour.小船在港湾+颠簸。◊ [VN] She bobbed her head nervousZy.她紧也地不断点或。2 [VN] to cut sb^Js hair so that it is the same length all the way around把（头发）剪成齐短发un勵,bob ‘up to come to the surface suddenly 突然冒出：The dark head of a seal bobbed up a/ewyards away•在几码远处一只海豹的 黑脑袋猛地钻出水面。