Her father was an old unmarried professor of mathematics, a brutal man and a braggart, who went out to give lessons in spite of his age. 她的父亲是个性情粗暴、吹牛的老数学教师,从没正式结过婚,虽然上了年纪,却还靠替人补课度日。
braggart
[ noun ]
a very boastful and talkative person
<noun.person> [ adj ]
exhibiting self-importance
<adj.all> big talk
Braggart \Brag"gart\, n. [OF. bragard flaunting, vain, bragging. See {Brag}, v. i.] A boaster.
O, I could play the woman with mine eyes, And braggart with my tongue. --Shak.
Braggart \Brag"gart\, a. Boastful. -- {Brag"gart*ly}, adv.