strut
strut /stɹʌt/ nghĩa là xòe đuôi, vươn cổ (công)
Các nghĩa
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xòe đuôi, vươn cổ (công)
Of a peacock or other fowl: to stand or walk stiffly, with the tail erect and spread out.
Hark, hark, I heare, the ſtraine of ſtrutting Chanticlere cry cockadidle-dowe.
The pheasant strutteth about in the midst of flowers; / The turtle-dove cooeth, and the nightingale warbleth from the cypress.
He thought that whenne Thanksgyving came he'd looke soe payle & thynne, / He colde avoid ye usual role ye Turkye strutteth inne.
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đi khệnh khạng, vênh váo
To walk haughtily or proudly with one's head held high.
He strutted about the yard, thinking himself master of all he surveyed.
[O]h, I ſhould remember him: do's he not hold vp his head (as it were?) and ſtrut in his gate?
"Hilloa, good fellow," quoth he, in a jovial voice, "who art thou that struttest in such gay feathers?"
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bước đi vênh váo trên (sân khấu...)
To walk across or on (a stage or other place) haughtily or proudly.
Dạng khác
- struts present, singular, third-person
- strutting participle, present
- strutted participle, past