bluffs; bluffed; bluffing
bluffs; bluffed; bluffing
Learner's definition of BLUFF
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: to pretend that you will do something or that you know or have something in order to trick someone into doing what you want虚张声势;唬人 [no object]
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Don't listen to his threats—he's just bluffing. [=he will not really do what he threatens to do]别理会他的威胁,他不过是在吓唬人。
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She says someone else has made her a higher offer, but I think she's bluffing.她说别人给她开出了更高的价格,可我觉得她是在虚张声势。
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He's a terrible card player—you can always tell when he's bluffing. [=when he's pretending that he has better cards than he actually has]他打牌很烂,你总能觉察出他什么时候是在假装拿了手好牌。
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Don't listen to his threats—he's just bluffing you.别理会他的威胁,他不过是在吓唬你呢。
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I managed to bluff my way into the show without a ticket. [=I got into the show by bluffing]我没有演出门票,想法混了进去。
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I bluffed my way through the interview.我蒙混通过了面试。
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[+ object] US : to pretend to do or make (something)假装做(某事) 2 bluff /ˈblʌf/ noun
plural bluffs
plural bluffs
Learner's definition of BLUFF
[count]
: a false threat or claim that is meant to get someone to do something虚张声势的举动;唬人
call your bluff
◊ If you have made a bluff or a threat and people call your bluff, they tell you to do the thing you have threatened to do because they do not believe that you will really do it.让某人去做其威胁要做的事;接受某人挑战
3 bluff /ˈblʌf/ noun
plural bluffs
plural bluffs
Learner's definition of BLUFF
[count]
: a high, steep area of land : cliff峭壁;悬崖;陡岸 4 bluff /ˈblʌf/ adjective
4 bluff
/ˈblʌf/
adjective
Learner's definition of BLUFF
[more bluff; most bluff]
: having a very open, honest, and direct way of talking that is friendly but not always polite直率豪爽的(有时不太礼貌)