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spread-eagle adj. 張翼鷹似的;自夸的,沙文主義的。2.vt.,v...

spread-eaglism

Political oratory, especially of the spread-eagle sort with its gorgeous metaphors, became in its burlesque moments a variant of the tall tale . 政治演說,尤其是充滿華麗比喻,宣揚國威的那一種,發展到可笑的程度,就成了荒誕故事的變體。