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基本释义：
bluffs
n. (尤指海边或河边的)峭壁，陡岸；唬人；虚张声势的做法
v. 虚张声势；唬人；吹牛
bluff的第三人称单数和复数
英 [blʌfs]
美 [blʌfs]
词典扩展 短语搭配 权威例句 实用例句
柯林斯词典
bluff /blʌf/ CET6+ TEM4 [ bluffing bluffed bluffs ]
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有变体名词 A bluff is an attempt to make someone believe that you will do something when you do not really intend to do it. 虚张声势例：
The letter was a bluff.
这封信是虚张声势。
例：It is essential to build up the military option and show that this is not a bluff.
重要的是准备军事解决途径来证明这并不是虚张声势。
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习语 If you call someone's bluff, you tell them to do what they have been threatening to do, because you are sure that they will not really do it. 要某人摊牌例：
The socialists have decided to call the opposition's bluff.
社会党人已经决定让反对党摊牌了。
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及物动词/不及物动词 If you bluff, you make someone believe that you will do something when you do not really intend to do it, or that you know something when you do not really know it. 用…虚张声势; 招摇撞骗例：
Either side, or both, could be bluffing.
任何一方或者双方都可能是在虚张声势。
例：In each case the hijackers bluffed the crew using fake grenades.
每一次，劫机者都是用假手榴弹骗机组人员。
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名词 a steep promontory, bank, or cliff, esp one formed by river erosion on the outside bend of a meander 峭壁; 陡岸
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形容词 good-naturedly frank and hearty 直率的
词组短语
1. Cascade Bluffs 飞瀑绝壁
2. Powerpuff Bluffs 冒牌飞天小女警
3. bluff body 钝头体；阻流体
4. Denali Bluffs Hotel 德纳利布拉夫斯酒店
5. Oak Bluffs 橡树崖镇 ; 奥克布拉夫斯
6. VERDANT BLUFFS 青崖
7. Coastal Bluffs 沿岸悬崖
8. Pine Bluffs 派恩布拉夫斯 ; 位于派布拉福
9. bluff it out 伪装而得以幸免；蒙混过关
10. Council Bluffs 康瑟尔布拉夫斯 ; 夫斯市 ; 尔布拉夫斯市 ; 爱荷华州
11. Scarborough bluffs 士嘉堡悬崖 ; 士嘉堡断崖 ; 卡堡悬崖 ; 士嘉堡悬崖公园
权威例句
1. They suspected this was a double bluff on the part of Cairo Intelligence.
他们怀疑这是开罗情报人员玩的空城计。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
2. Even plans for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver risk causing environmental damage to rare forests in the nearby Eagle Ridge Bluffs.
甚至对2010年温哥华冬季奥运会可能对附近的鹰岭尔布拉夫斯稀有森林产生的环境污染作出计划。
3. Geography has long defined the city of Chongqing, nestled in between mountain bluffs on the banks of the Yangtze River. Today a jagged skyline rises through the smog.
地理限制在该市得到了极好地解释，该市依偎在长江边上的山峦之间。
4. Research on the flow around the bluff bodies and flow induced vibrations
钝物体绕流和流致振动研究
5. Victorian Cottages in Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.
马萨诸撒，玛莎葡萄园岛，奥克夫斯，维多利亚别墅。
6. When the uncertainties become greater than the certainties, we end up in a game of bluff
情况愈发难以确定，我们最终陷入一个唬人的把戏中。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
7. Stagnation Concentration Process and Diffusion Process of a Bluff Body
非流线型体的滞止浓缩与弥散过程
8. Numerical simulation of flow around a bluff body near a plane wall
平壁附近钝体绕流的数值模拟
9. Fantasies of great wealth often involve visions of fancy cars and palatial homes on remote bluffs.
通常巨额财富会伴随着许多幻想，比如奢华豪车，比如悬崖绝壁边上的古典城堡。
10. Analysis of Bluff Body in Cross Flow and Its Characteristics on Combustion
钝体绕流及其燃烧特性的研究
11. There was the vague sense of the infinite as I looked down upon the yellow, dreaming waters of the Mississippi from the verdant bluffs of Natchez.
我有种模糊至极的感觉，当我在纳齐兹部落长满绿草的悬崖上，俯瞰密西西比河泛黄的河水，如梦如幻。
12. She has a bluff way of speaking, but a kind heart.
她说话直率，但心地善良。
13. He tried to bluff his way through another test and failed it.
他试图再次在考试中蒙混过关，但却露馅了。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
14. The letter was a bluff
这封信不过是吓唬人罢了。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
15. Random Vortex Method for Two-Dimensional Flow past Bluff Body
钝体绕流的随机涡方法
16. Two steep limestone bluffs rise up each side of the narrow inlet.
两座陡峭的石灰石断崖耸立在狭窄的入口两侧.《互联网》
17. There is no greater thrill than to bluff a man, trap him and outfox him.
虚张声势吓唬别人，让他钻入圈套，用计将他击败，没有比这更刺激的事情了。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
18. If you're MAKING them bluff then you MUST call.
如果你让他们来诈唬，那你就必须跟注。
19. The material palette was inspired by the area's natural features: towering trees, rocky bluffs and the sparkling lake.
材料颜色受地区自然特点启发：高耸的树木，岩石峭壁和波光粼粼的湖面。
20. John is a deep card.No one can bluff him easily.
约翰是个机灵鬼。谁也不容易欺骗他。
21. "We'd like people to stay clear of all the bluffs, overhangs and cliffs," said Pupping, though she was not able to confirm if the two men were indeed playing Pokemon Go at the time of their fall.
帕伯说：“希望大家能够远离悬崖峭壁”，虽然她也不是十分确定这俩男子跌落悬崖的时候，是不是真的在玩口袋妖怪。
22. Way off we the steep bluffs, dark with trees and jutting with gray stone that marked the course of the irati river .
我们往远处看去，是树木苍翠，灰岩耸立的绝壁，表明下面是伊拉蒂的河道。
23. He bluffs his way in, pretending initially to be a dishwasher and then later a chef.
他虚张声势的方式，假装最初是一个洗碗机，然后厨师。
24. In 1770 Captain Cook had been unimpressed by the scrubby, sandy bluffs visible from his ship.
1770年，从船上看到的草木丛生的沙质绝壁没有给库克船长留下印象。
25. It was just a game of bluff.
那只不过是唬人的把戏。
26. He comes across as a man with a bluff exterior who, beyond that, is difficult to get to know
他给人感觉是一个直来直去的人，但内心却让人捉摸不透。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
27. What we're at here is a game of bluff.
我们此时陷入的是一场骗局。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
28. Wade was a hearty, bluff, athletic sort of guy
韦德是个精力充沛、率直、运动型的人。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
29. You're just bluffing and I don't take kindly to bluffs.
你只是在吹牛，我不相信吹牛。
30. An overnight in Iquique, a city with a vast awning of sand hanging above it from the bluffs, then inland, up over the coastal ranges and into the start of the Atacama Desert.
我们在智利北部的港口城市伊基克待了一个晚上，这是一个悬崖边上的城市，悬崖上便是广袤的沙漠。
31. He has continued to write with a bluff, vivid humour about Yorkshire life.
他继续用一种直白而又诙谐生动的笔触描绘着约克郡的生活。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
32. The Development of the Bluff Body Flowmeter with the Torque Test
双涡体扭矩检出式涡街流量传感器的研制
33. I went back repeatedly with other cyclists in tow to admire the scene and slide down the sandy bluffs.
我和其他几个自行车手沿着这陡峭的一侧的沙石路尾随着滑翔而下，同时欣赏着路边的景色。
34. It is not easy to climb a bluff mountain.
登上陡峭的山可不容易。
35. He lies, he bluffs, he's unreliable.
他说谎，大吹牛皮，他靠不住。
36. 'and, gliding by the wastes of bordering swamp, landed on the 24th of February near the Third Chickasaw Bluffs,' where they halted and built Fort Prudhomme.
滑行过了一片沼泽地边上的废物堆，于二月二十四日在第三奇克索断崖附近登陆，在那里停止前进并修建了普鲁·多姆城堡。
37. Situated on the bluffs above the Pacific Ocean, the Montage Laguna Beach is ideally located near multiple airports as well as a host of fun activities.
坐落在悬崖上面的太平洋，蒙太奇拉古纳海滩坐落在多个机场以及一系列有趣的活动。
38. Beneath his bluff exterior he was a sensitive man.
他外表大大咧咧，但其实是个敏感的人。《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
39. Sheltered by thick but bare bluffs of aspens, stood a large house, built of logs, White-washed, solid.
在一片稠密却光秃的白杨树丛掩蔽之下，有一所用圆木造的大房子，粉刷洁白，坚固结实。
40. However, bankers called the technocrats' bluff and proceeded to lend with gusto.
但是，银行家们称技术专家官员不过在虚张声势，并且还会乐观的继续借贷业务
41. It is a savage world, filled with badlands and bluffs and hardscrabble vegetation.
一个蛮荒的世界，到处是荒野、峭壁和贫瘠的植被。
42. All bluff and bluster; in their bones they're afraid to die!
表面上耀武扬威，骨子里贪生怕死。
43. For a longer stay, visit the Tall Trees Grove, drive Howland Hill Road, and end your visit with a splash in a kayak on the Klamath River or a jouncy drive to Fern Canyon and Gold Bluffs Beach.
想留久一点，去参观高树林，沿着好兰德山坡公路走，直到在克拉马斯河划完爱斯基摩人的划艇之后结束，或者颠簸着开车去蕨类植物大峡谷和金碧沙滩。
44. He said he would resign if he didn't get more money, but it was only a bluff.
他说如果不给他加薪他就辞职，但那不过是虚张声势而已。《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
45. It is essential to build up the military option and show that this is not a bluff
关键是要做好采取军事行动的准备，以表明这不是虚张声势。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
46. Study of cold state velocity field with slitting bluff body in open space
自由空间开缝钝体冷态速度场研究
47. His bluff exterior belied a connoisseur of antiques.
他作风粗放，令人看不出他是古董鉴赏家
48. The first of the Yangtze's famed gorges—a collection of steep bluffs at a bend in the river—was determined to be the perfect site.
于是，长江流域第一个著名的峡谷，一系列峭壁之间的水流转弯处，被选为了修建大坝的最佳位置。
49. Researchers had 18 subjects play poker against a variety of human and computer opponents. The participants were encouraged to bluff-they'd get money if their bluffs were successful.
研究人员让18位研究对象跟许多对手打扑克牌，对手有人也有机器。研究人员鼓励参与者虚张声势——如果成功了就会得到奖金。
实用例句
1. After dinner I sit behind the motel by myself, watching the sun drop behind the bluffs.
BBC: Missing pieces in Utah
2. In Iowa, the President will attend campaign events in Council Bluffs and Boone.
WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney,
3. MidAmerican Energy is the operator of a 1600 megawatt four unit coal-fired power plant in Council Bluffs, Iowa, commonly known as Walter Scott, Jr.
FORBES: Buffett Won't Dig Deeper Into Coal, Should Be Like Boone And Go For Gas
4. At the sites in the northern part of the state, players walk along high bluffs overlooking the Tennessee River or on courses that look like the Scottish Highlands.
BBC: An epic Southern fried golf road trip
5. But here's the thing, Council Bluffs.
WHITEHOUSE: The White House
6. The Vineyard recently had its first murder in 20 years, when a man from Oak Bluffs was stabbed to death in what is thought to have been a drug-related crime.
ECONOMIST: Having rich and famous visitors isnt all joy
7. The massive stone bluffs they built in acted as thermal reservoirs to heat in the winter and cool in the summer.
FORBES: Gassing Up: Why America's Future Job Growth Lies In Traditional Energy Industries
8. Strait-laced Omaha, which has no casino gambling, pays many of the social costs of having casinos just across the Missouri river in Council Bluffs, Iowa, while sharing none of the tax revenues.
ECONOMIST: Gamblings critics
9. There was the vague sense of the infinite as I looked down upon the yellow, dreaming waters of the Mississippi from the verdant bluffs of Natchez.
我有种模糊至极的感觉,当我在纳齐兹部落长满绿草的悬崖上，俯瞰密西西比河泛黄的河水,如梦如幻，“1945年后的美国小说课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
10. "There is now an Ameristar Casino and Hotel where the Council Bluffs asphalt plant once stood, " Koch writes proudly.
FORBES: Magazine Article
11. Orrin Hatch was slated to be in Council Bluffs, Ottumwa and Osceola.
CNN: Republican rivals focus on farm crisis
12. The new book, Smith says, centers on a house he designed in Malibu's Encinal Bluffs and includes interviews with everyone who contributed to the project from "the plaster guy" to the landscape architect.
WSJ: Going Modern, Staying Grand
13. Mr. Arafat, who knew the Clinton administration had too much invested in him ever to call his bluffs, would unleash his backers and even his police force whenever the Israelis needed a kick in the pants.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy
14. Painted in brilliant colors with lighting reminiscent of a Turner seascape, it portrays a fishing village with a line of majestic bluffs rising behind it.
FORBES: Dangerous Liaisons
15. Set in a monumental amphitheatre of peaks, ridges and jagged stone bluffs, it's far more rugged than the sweeping farmlands at Appenzell.
BBC: Swiss movement
16. Indeed it is high time for Israel to call their bluffs.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Obama's failure, Netanyahu's opportunity
17. The sun had dropped behind the bluffs already, so that the tops of the bare trees showed up finely spiky, like hair or fur, against a yellow glow of light from somewhere out of sight.
NEWYORKER: Friendly Fire
18. The famous singer seemed happy to have been found, and the two sat with their arms around each other and took long walks on the bluffs above the ocean, hand in hand.
NEWYORKER: Temporary
19. In eighteen thirty-five, the Methodist Church held a group camp meeting in what was to become the town of Oak Bluffs.
VOA : special.2011.07.25
20. Or, if too many of its bluffs are called, Pyongyang may feel that its rhetoric no longer deters.
BBC: Viewpoint: What is driving North Korea's threats?
21. In need of cash, Dewey bluffs his way into a substitute-teaching position at an exclusive, private elementary school.
NEWYORKER: School of Rock
22. On Thursday, Olmert, Livni and Shas had their bluffs called when the US Consul in Jerusalem Jacob Walles told the Palestinian Al-Ayam newspaper that the government has agreed to give the Palestinians control over most of eastern, southern and northern Jerusalem.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Mrs. Clean is a fraud
23. The reason I'm back -- other than I just love being in Iowa -- (applause) -- the reason I'm back is because that journey we started in 2008, we're not finished yet. (Applause.) So just like we did in 2007, we started over in Council Bluffs, and we are driving all the way to the Quads.
WHITEHOUSE: The White House
24. On Monday, the President will depart Chicago en route Council Bluffs, Iowa, where he will begin a three-day bus tour.
WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney,
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