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Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.rise up; give off; send forth; send out
从墙后冒出一个人头。
A head popped out from behind the wall.
泥浆从地下冒出来。
Mud oozed from underground.
烟囱里冒着白烟。
White smoke rose from the chimneys.
- 2
v.run a risk (of); brave (danger, harsh condition, etc.)
冒天下之不韪。
Dare do what the whole world considers to be wrong.
改革是要冒风险的。
Reform involves risks.
人们冒着大雨上街游行。
People braved heavy rain to take to the street.
- 3
adj.bold; rash
冒猜
make a bold guess
冒进
premature development
看见那人好像是他，我冒喊一声。
I wasn't sure it was him but I called him anyway.
- 4
v.assume false identity; act under false pretences; pretend to be
冒领
claim ownership of something that belongs to somebody else
假冒
imitation
冒称
falsely claim
Words and phrases with 冒
- 冒出[word]dank
- 冒烟[word]rise; flare up
- 冒场[word]come to the stage before the cue
- 冒渎[word]annoy a superior
- 冒功[word]claim the credit due to others
- 冒险一试[word]chance it
- 冒傻气[word]speak like a fool
- 冒头[word]begin to crop up; be a little over
- 冒尖[word]be piled high above the brim; be a little over
- 冒大不韪[idiom]defy the universal will of the people
- 冒险犯难[idiom]run risks to overcome obstacles
- 冒名顶替[idiom]replace somebody in their name
- 冒冒失失[idiom]heedlessly and unceremoniously
- 冒险主义[idiom]adventurism