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

• The president-elect has brandished his reputation for non-partisanship and for a willingness to negotiate.
  这位当选总统一直在炫耀自己的无党派和愿意协商的声誉。
• They buzzed round the prince and stung his face and hands; angrily he drew his sword and brandished it, but he only touched the air and did not hit the gnats.
  他们嗡嗡轮王子和刺着他的脸和手，他愤怒地把他的剑，挥舞着它，但他只摸到了空气，并没有击中蚊蚋。
• With the white road smoking behind him and his rapier brandished high!
  跟著他身后弥漫著雾气的白色道路与他高高挥舞的双刃长剑！
• 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。
• A long time because I did not cook in the above brandished a knife.
  因为我很久没有在上面挥刀宰嘎嘎了。
• 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。
• She had Toby beside her and she brandished his power like a club, attacking all the important studio executives.
  她有托比作靠山，象挥舞着棍棒似的使用他的权利，攻击所有重要的电影制片厂的头头。
• Repeatedly, Vautrin confronted Japanese troops at the gates of the college and ordered them to stay out, even as they cursed her and brandished in her face bayonets dripping with blood.
  在学校的大门口，魏特琳多次挺身阻止日军进入校内，并命令他们离开，甚至当日军咒骂她和用血迹斑斑的刺刀在她脸上乱晃时，她也毫不退让。
• 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。
• Such an act by Dali Kingdom is just a bitter case, under the "Brandished Jade Axe", to submitted itself to the rule of Song Dynasty.
  大理国的此举是宋挥玉斧下，愿以行动表示向宋朝臣服的一个惨痛案例。