bluff的意思|bluff的解释-里氏词典

bluff [blʌf]

n. 断崖, 绝壁, 吓唬

a. 直率的

vt. 吓唬, 欺骗

vi. 吓唬, 欺骗

[法] 哄骗, 吓唬

He could bluff his way through any difficulty.
他可以招摇撞骗闯过任何难关。
The boss threatened to dismiss him from his job, but it's all a bluff.
老板威胁说要解雇他，但这不过是恐吓而已。
He is kind and friendly despite his rather bluff manner.
他为人厚道，待人亲切，虽然态度有些粗鲁。

bluff

[ noun ]

a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion)

<noun.object>

pretense that your position is stronger than it really is

<noun.communication>

his bluff succeeded in getting him accepted

the act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards

<noun.act>

[ verb ]

deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand

<verb.competition>

bluff out

frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is

<verb.communication>

[ adj ]

very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front

<adj.all>

a bluff headland

where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise

a sheer descent of rock

bluntly direct and outspoken but good-natured

<adj.all>

a bluff but pleasant manner

a bluff and rugged natural leader

Bluff \Bluff\, a. [Cf. OD. blaf flat, broad, blaffaert one with
a broad face, also, a boaster; or G. verbl["u]ffen to
confuse, LG. bluffen to frighten; to unknown origin.]
1. Having a broad, flattened front; as, the bluff bows of a
ship. ``Bluff visages.'' --Irving.

2. Rising steeply with a flat or rounded front. ``A bluff or
bold shore.'' --Falconer.

Its banks, if not really steep, had a bluff and
precipitous aspect. --Judd.

3. Surly; churlish; gruff; rough.

4. Abrupt; roughly frank; unceremonious; blunt; brusque; as,
a bluff answer; a bluff manner of talking; a bluff sea
captain. ``Bluff King Hal.'' --Sir W. Scott.

There is indeed a bluff pertinacity which is a
proper defense in a moment of surprise. --I. Taylor.

Bluff \Bluff\, v. i.
To act as in the game of bluff.

Bluff \Bluff\, n.
1. A high, steep bank, as by a river or the sea, or beside a
ravine or plain; a cliff with a broad face.

Beach, bluff, and wave, adieu. --Whittier.

2. An act of bluffing; an expression of self-confidence for
the purpose of intimidation; braggadocio; as, that is only
bluff, or a bluff.

3. A game at cards; poker. [U.S.] --Bartlett.

Bluff \Bluff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bluffed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Bluffing}.]
1. (Poker) To deter (an opponent) from taking the risk of
betting on his hand of cards, as the bluffer does by
betting heavily on his own hand although it may be of less
value. [U. S.]

2. To frighten or deter from accomplishing a purpose by
making a show of confidence in one's strength or
resources; as, he bluffed me off. [Colloq.]

But Bishop of Salisbury John Baker, who was responsible for a church report in 1983 which favored unilateral nuclear disarmament, said: "Effective deterrents cannot act on bluff.
Pilots and flight attendants called the airline's bluff, walking off their jobs Oct. 1. Continental sued the pilots union for $50 million.
Mr. Hentoff portrays a bluff, worldly, old-style pol, with a common touch and a simple heart.
Finally, the Sandinista Directorate, reassured by Jim Wright's defunding of the Contras, called the Americans' bluff and announced it would talk to the opposition.
Perrin wanted the work to be a view from the sea, but after clambering down the bluff to the beach, easel and brushes in hand, he realized the lighthouse wasn't visible from that vantage point.
Michael Packer is deft with several small roles, and Richard Albrecht makes something solid of Daniel's bluff, shyly devoted colleague.
Dick Barton, Special Agent was surely more gritty, despite the current would-be verismo use of location recording, surely the most expensive bluff ever foisted by producers on to costing departments.
Mr. Shawn was a colleague and protege of the bluff Mr. Ross for many years, and his move into the editor's job 35 years ago tomorrow came to seem like an event ordained by nature.
The project may just be a bluff by the industrial gas users to obtain better terms not just from Northwest Pipeline but from local distributors and regulatory authorities.
Mr. Trump, his bluff having been called, reportedly dropped his demand for a higher price, but Kumagai executives in New York still said no.
When the climate gets overheated again, they'll be back.' Handsome, bluff and straight, grey-haired but young for a politician, acting President Alexander Rutskoi played his part well.
Even if the threat from Lord Hanson proved little more than bluff, the fact remains that the proposal to split the business was first proposed only a few months after his appearance on the scene.
They concede privately that they never expected the Sandinistas to call Mr. Reagan's bluff by participating in a plan backed by the other Central American countries.
But Brazil seems to be calling its bluff by suspending payments on its loans, and some banks may be in for a shock.
The raging ambition is hidden under a bluff and modest manner; he comes across as the chubby, cheerful chappie.
The double bluff of the 'Song of Patriotic Prejudice' bespeaks the true complacency of nationalism by apparently laughing at it.
The Saudi stance is an unusually hard one for the conservative kingdom, especially at the opening of a meeting. Some of the meeting's attendees are even calling the tough Saudi position a bluff.
"What the commission proposes instead of a nuclear bluff," says Mr. Wohlstetter, "is a discriminate response that is not suicidal."
It's not going to be easy for people to bluff me." Health threats abound in office and factory air, in dangerous machinery, on construction sites, in stresses and strains from unnatural movements.
His burly physical presence and bluff 'folksy' approach - he is from the rural north - have enhanced his popularity.
Things can look easy from the participants' point of view and they may bluff themselves that they have accepted the skills, but in reality they have not. The skills are not easily transferable.
A substantial cut in interest rates would certainly call the speculators' bluff.
Cheney will discover but before it is too late that his wrong calculation and his attempts to bluff involved him in an impasse," INA said.
The real danger in all this is that someone would conclude that U.S. power was a bluff.
In a bluff, point-blank way, he was immensely proud of his son.
Some of its 36 tiny bungalows sit precariously on the steep terrace of the bluff while others are perched just above the creek and appear to be sinking into the gully.
At 3.59pm, a letter arrived from Ayling, telling Branson a more detailed response was on its way. Once more in the game of bluff and counter bluff, the Virgin camp lifted the deadline.
At 3.59pm, a letter arrived from Ayling, telling Branson a more detailed response was on its way. Once more in the game of bluff and counter bluff, the Virgin camp lifted the deadline.
After the Spanish-speaking officer used the loudspeaker to bluff that the military police had artillery, the PDF forces retreated from the building and continued to fire at the MPs from a nearby wooded area, the account said.
The surprising thing, one brokerage executive says, is that "GTE was the first to call (Mr. Belzberg's) bluff."

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