strut
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strut1 /strʌt/ verb (strutted, strutting) [intransitiveI] 1 WALKto walk proudly with your head high and your chest pushed forwards, showing that you think you are important 趾高气扬地走,架子十足地走strut around/about/across etc I strutted around Chicago as if I were really somebody. 我在芝加哥街头昂首阔步,好像自己真是个人物似的。
2 strut your stuff informalSHOW OFF to show your skill at doing something, especially dancing or performing 〔尤在跳舞或表演方面〕展示自己的本领 The band strutted their stuff in a free concert. 那支乐队在一场免费音乐会上一显身手。
strut your stuff• I have done nothing to allow it to grow, change or strut its stuff.• The presenters strut their stuff behind a podium instead of on a runway.• To celebrate, the ensemble will strut their stuff for hometown fans in Ticket to Amsterdam.• Look at Dave strutting his stuff on the dance floor.• We watched the sixteen year olds strutting their stuff on the dance floor.• No, this guy's fault is he had one too many bourbons before getting up to strut his stuff on the dance-floor.• He likes to strut his stuff on the stage in the annual Shakespeare production.• And, as it happens, I haven't come to watch you strut your stuff on this dubious little contract.• Just the thing to stop you from dropping down dead after strutting your stuff to the latest chart topper!• And by 1895, the city was ready to strut its stuff when it hosted the Cotton States International Exposition. strut around/about/across etc• She strutted around in the snow as if it belonged to her.• They strutted around, sombre and authoritative, clearly in charge of the proceedings.• The rival male, meanwhile, strutted around the deserted lady partridge in ill-disguised triumph.• Arjuna Ranatunga was a dictatorial leader, who strutted around the field with Napoleonic arrogance.• He strutted about the office on his flat feet and smiled too much.• Anyway, the three friends strut around their complex baiting police, doing Robert De Niro impressions and generally causing trouble.• He strutted about with the woman at his side, looking the picture of a freighter captain. strut2 noun 1. [countableC]TBTTA a long thin piece of metal or wood used to support a part of a building, the wing of an aircraft etc 支柱,撑杆,支杆 2. [singular]WALKPROUD a proud way of walking, with your head high and your chest pushed forwards 趾高气扬的步态,昂首阔步的样子 Origin strut1 Old English strutian “to make an effort”
strut2 1. (1500-1600) Origin unknown.