n. bragging吹牛。
△Oth.2.1.227 (224):“Andwill she love him still for prating?— let not thy discreet heart think it.” 但是她会为了这种夸口而永远爱他? ——你是个明白人,决不会这样想。
prating
p. a. prattling,babbling,chattering饶舌的,胡言乱语的,喋喋不休的。
△R.III.3.1.151:“this little prat-ing York”,这个喋喋不休的小约克。
△ Rom.2.4.214(200):“when ’twas a little prating thing”,那时候她还是个爱多嘴的小东西。
△Mer.5.1.164: “A prating boy,”一个很爱说话的孩子。
△Ham.3.4.215:“Who was in lifea foolish prating knave.”他在生前是一个愚蠢多嘴的家伙。
△H.V.4.1.79 (77): “If the enemy is an ass and afool,and a prating coxcomb,is it meet,think you,that we should also,look you,be an ass and a fool, and a prating coxcomb,in your own consciencenow?”如果敌人是驴子,是笨蛋,是喋喋不休的傻瓜,你凭自己的良心说,难道你会认为我们也应该,你瞧,也做一头驴子,一个笨蛋,一个喋喋不休的傻瓜吗?