| 释义 |
张牙舞爪zhāng yǎ wǔ zhǎobare fangs and brandish claws—make threatening gestures; bluff and bluster; engage (/indulge) in sabre-rattling; prowl fiercely (/arrogantly); rampant and overbearing;seemingly ferocious;truculent
❍ 那一个～， 这一个转步回身。(《西游记》175) This one bared its teeth and wielded its paws; |That one stepped sideways,yet turning to fight.
❍ 直教龙离大海，不能驾雾腾云； 虎到平川，怎办～？ (《水浒全传》800) As for the robbers,it was as though the dragon had left his home in the sea and how could he ride the clouds? It was as though a tiger left his hills and descended to the plains and how could he there open his great fangs and spread his great claws?/一声画角响，虎豹豺狼，毒蛇猛兽，乘风而出，～冲将过来。(《三国演义》773) Next a horn rang out,and thereupon the tigers and leopards,and the wolves and the serpents,and all the other wild beasts come down on the wind snapping and clawing.
❍ 这幅剪纸剪的很有功夫。内容是在天空上，朵朵云彩飘动着，一条龙拉了一张犁，～的在云彩里奔腾着。(李准《不能走那条路》132) The design was quite intricate. It showed a writhing rain dragon pulling a big plough over clouds floating in the heavens.
❍ 李逵却钻入那大虫洞内，伏在里面张外面时，只见那母大虫～望窝里来。(《水浒全传》541) Now when Li Kui had rushed into the tiger’s den,as he stood crouching there and staring about him,he saw the mother tiger standing looking into the den,her teeth bared and her claws outspread.
❍ 你看大水中间又涌出一个怪物，猪首龙身，舞爪张牙，奔实而来，好怕人也。(洪昇《长生殿》) See,a monster is coming out of the water! It has the head of a pig and the body of a dragon; and it is rushing towards me with threatening tusks and claws. 张牙舞爪bare fangs and brandish claws(fighting gesture of a beast)—make threatening gestures;engage in sabre-rattling;bully with false power and influence; throw one’s weight around with overweening arrogance; be arrogant and ferocious 张牙舞爪zhānɡ yá wǔ zhǎo张：张开；舞：挥舞。原形容野兽的凶相。现多比喻坏人凶恶的样子。make threatening gestures, show one’s teeth, prowl fiercely, bare one’s teeth |