1580s, "to strut in a defiant or insolent manner;" earliest recorded usages are in Shakespeare ("Midsummer Night's Dream," "2 Henry IV," "King Lear"), probably a frequentative form of swag (v.) "to sway." Meaning "to boast or brag" is from 1590s. Related: Swaggered; swaggering. The noun is attested from 1725.
中文解释
1. swing => swag.2. frequentative form of swag.3. sway => swag => swagger.
实用例句
1. He walked with something of a swagger.
他趾高气扬地走着。来自柯林斯例句
2. He emerged with a macho swagger.
他大摇大摆地走了出来.来自《简明英汉词典》
3. Let my nephew and Goldthred swagger about their wager as they list.
让我外甥和戈德斯雷德去信口开河地打赌,随他们的便吧.来自辞典例句
4. Ants on the locust tree assume a great - nation swagger.
蚂蚁缘槐夸大国.来自辞典例句
5. Indeed, Romona did look like those figures of sex and swagger.
