用作不及物动词
▲S+～(+A)
He says he'll win the race,but he's only bluffing.他说他会赢得这场比赛，事实上只是在吹牛。
用作及物动词
▲S+～+n./pron.
She wasn't bluffing him.她并没有唬他。
He could bluff his way through any difficulty.他可以招摇撞骗闯过任何难关。
He bluffed me into thinking that his stick was a gun.他唬得我相信他的手杖是一支枪。

His threat was just a bluff.他的威胁只是虚张声势。
It was just a game of bluff.那只不过是唬人的把戏。
It is not easy to climb a bluff mountain.登上陡峭的山可不容易。

用作定语
▲～+n.
He is kind and friendly despite his rather bluff manner.他虽然态度有点粗鲁,但为人厚道，待人亲切。
She has a bluff way of speaking,but a kind heart.她说话直率，但心地善良。
用作表语
▲S+be+～
He was bluff and friendly.他坦率友好。

［派生词］ bluffer n. 吓唬人的人‖bluffly adv. 陡峭地；直率地，爽快地‖bluffness n. 陡；坦率，爽快