bodacious
英 [bəʊ'deɪʃəs]
美[bo'deʃəs]
- adj. 胆大包天的;非凡的;很明显的
中文词源
bodacious 出色的
来自bold 和audacious复合词。
英英释意
- 1. incorrigible;
- "a bodacious gossip"
- 2. unrestrained by convention or propriety;
- "an audacious trick to pull"
- "a barefaced hypocrite"
- "the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim"- Los Angeles Times
- "bold-faced lies"
- "brazen arrogance"
- "the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress"- Bertrand Russell
英文词源
- bodacious (adj.)
- 1837 (implied in bodaciously), Southern U.S. slang, perhaps from bodyaciously "bodily, totally," or a blend of bold and audacious, which suits the earliest attested sense of the word. Popularized anew by 1982 Hollywood film "An Officer and a Gentleman."
实用场景例句
- From sexy spin classes to bodacious boxing, this club is full of knock - outs.
- 从性感的脚踏车课程到大胆的拳击, 这家俱乐部里充满了惊奇.
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