Strut : 뽐내며 걷다, 으스대며 걷다, 뽐내며 걷기, (건물/구조물 등을 보강하는 or 제자리에 있도록 고정하는) 막대, 버팀대
Strut one's stuff : (특히 무용·공연에서) 기량을 뽐내다
1)
to strut, to walk around in lookin greatly proud and trying to look important
you put your chest down and you put your head up as if you are terribly important
to strut around
the boss strutted into the office
the boys were strutting around trying to get the attention of the girls
to strut, it's a type of walk, it's self-important walk
you are stiff and you'll look arrogant
you are conceited, you think you are the best
to walk around your neck stiff your head up
you look like you own the world
to swagger, but that is more informal
to parade yourself
vivid verb for to walk
Have you ever seen the way policemen strut down the street like they own the place
soldiers marching, they seem to strut
he strutted down the high street as if he owned the place
you strutted into the room
a rooster, he strutted around the farm yard
to walk proudly
2)
we have also got an idiom
to strut one's stuff, meaning to display your best work
to display your qualities at their best
I am thinking this is particularly applicable to dancing
John is strutting his stuff on the dance floor
to show off something the best of your ability
ostentatious confidence
an actor gets on the stage and struts his stuff, perfomes openly and showing everyone quite how cool and how clever they are
to strut oneself
to hehave very confidently in a very expressive way particularly to dance
3)
a strut, as a noun
a rod or a bar made from metal or wood that holds something together
I am thinking about these old biplanes, older aeroplanes with two wings and you've got struts from one wing to the other to hold the whole thing together
part of framework that is designed to resist compression, it holds things in place
particularly something structural or all sorts of engineering things
Formality : 5.5
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