p. a. strutting. puffed up. with the am-bition extended to the utmost,ambitious趾高氣揚(yáng)的.揚(yáng)揚(yáng)得意的，雄心不凡的，野心勃勃的。 △Ham.2.2.274(263):“Then are our beggars bodies. and our monarchs andoutstretched heroes the beggars’ shadows.”這么一說(shuō)，只有最無(wú)雄心的叫花子才算得是實(shí)體，而我們的君王和趾高氣揚(yáng)的英雄人物只能算是叫花子的影子。