boast1/bost; bəʊst/v 1 [I] to talk too much about your own abilities and achievements in a way that annoys other people 自我吹嘘﹐自夸: +about He's always boasting about how much money he has. 他老在吹嘘自己有多少钱。2 [T] if a place boasts something good, the place has it〔某地〕以拥有〔好的事物或特征〕而自豪: The health club boasts an Olympic-sized swimming pool. 这家健身俱乐部自豪地拥有一个奥运会标准大小的游泳池。
boast2n [C] something that you like telling people because you are proud of it 值得夸耀的事物﹐引以为豪的事物: Her proud boast was that she had never had a day's illness. 她引以为豪的是她从没生过一天病。