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

• When Argentinian referee Horacio Elizondo halted play and then brandished a red card, Gerrard initially thought it was for a Portuguese player.
  当阿根廷主裁判暂停比赛并出示一张红牌，杰拉德最初还认为那是给一名葡萄牙球员。
• Or the women warlords who fought while on horseback and brandished their swords with the best of them.
  或妇女军阀谁打的同时，在马背上，并挥舞著剑与最好的。
• 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。
• The jester brandished his bauble.
  丑角挥动手中拿着的木棒。
• 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。
• 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。
• Eevery time when I brandished the racket to hit the ball and watch it flying over the net
  每次挥舞球拍击球时，看着它飞越球网
• This in the end is the kind of progress or another brandished a knife from the palace then?
  这到底是类型的进步还是另一种挥刀自宫呢？
• 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。
• The doorman looked a bit puzzled, so I brandished the paperwork under his nose to prove that I was invited. At which point he pointed out, correctly alas, that the invitation clearly stated Tuesday, February 1.
  看门人的表情有点困惑，于是我忙把邀请函送到他鼻子底下，瞧，我受到邀请了！这时他说，邀请函上白纸黑字写着2月1日星期二。