brandishing

英 [ˈbrændɪʃɪŋ]

美 [ˈbrændɪʃɪŋ]

v.  挑衅地挥舞，激动地挥舞(尤指武器)
brandish的现在分词

现在分词：brandishing　

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

• India's Parliament descended into pandemonium Thursday, with one lawmaker letting off pepper spray and another allegedly brandishing a knife during a dispute over the creation of a new state.
  印度国会周四陷入一片混乱，在就设立新邦的争论中，一名议员喷了胡椒喷雾，另一人据说挥起了刀子。
• She was at the door brandishing tickets.
  她在门口挥动着入场券。
• One poster showed the actress crouching and holding a gun pointing upward while the other showed her lying on her back across a car's hood, brandishing guns.
  其中一张海报中的茱丽持枪半蹲，枪口指向上方；另一张中茱丽则拿着手枪，躺在发目的盖上。
• They sprang about brandishing their spears.
  他们挥舞着长矛跳来跳去。
• Workers buttonhole Mr rice continually, brandishing samples for his approval.
  工人们不断拖住赖斯，向他炫耀样品，请他批准。
• They sprang high into the air brandishing their spears.
  他们腾空高高跃起，挥舞着长矛。
• But before you get too excited and start brandishing labels like freak, you should take a closer look at the numbers on shower-peeing frequency.
  但先别兴奋或是急于给人贴上怪胎的标签，你应该再仔细瞧一瞧人们在淋浴时小便的频率。
• As with those wristbands, today's ethical consumers parade their virtue, brandishing their bright red American Express cards, flaunting the labels on their eco-friendly clothes and driving around in their hybrid cars instead of just taking the bus.
  就像慈善腕带一样，今天的良知消费者大张旗鼓地宣扬他们的良好品德，炫耀其闪闪发光的RED标志美国运通卡，展示生态服装上的标签，驾驶混合动力车满世界游荡而不是去乘坐公共汽车。
• While visiting a beach in the south of France one day, Pablo Picasso was approached by a small boy brandishing a blank sheet of paper.
  有一天，毕加索去到法国南部的沙滩上，有个小男孩手挥舞一张白纸，向他走来。
• Two soldiers were holding him, while two others were brandishing supple twigs and bringing them down at regular intervals on the man's bare back. The man shrieked unnaturally.
  两名士兵捉住他，另外两名挥动着柔软的树条，有节奏地抽挞着他的裸露的背脊，受惩罚的人异乎寻常地吼叫。