形容词

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名词

1. 欺骗；误导；吓唬；虚张声势
A bluff is an attempt to make someone believe that you will do something when you do not really intend to do it.

2. （因料到对方不敢行动而）要求…摊牌，接受…的挑战
If you call someone's bluff, you tell them to do what they have been threatening to do, because you are sure that they will not really do it.

3. 欺骗；误导；吓唬；虚张声势
If you bluff, you make someone believe that you will do something when you do not really intend to do it, or that you know something when you do not really know it.

4. （尤指河边或海边的）悬崖，峭壁，陡岸
A bluff is a steep cliff or bank, especially by a river or the sea.

5. 坦率的；坦白的；直言的
If you describe someone, usually a man, as bluff, you mean that they have a very direct way of speaking and behaving.

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

Synonym: four flush

2. pretense that your position is stronger than it really is

e.g. his bluff succeeded in getting him accepted

3. a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion)