proudly talked about or praised as being very good, especially when this is not deserved 被吹嘘的;被夸耀的 Word Originlate Middle English: the noun a shortening of obsolete avaunt ‘boasting, a boast’; the verb (originally in the sense ‘use boastful language’) from Old French vanter, from late Latin vantare, based on Latin vanus ‘vain, empty’ + -ed.