词汇 | hifalutin |
释义 | hifalutin adjective informaluk /ˌhaɪ.fəˈluː.tɪn//ˌhaɪ.fəˈluː.tən/ us /ˌhaɪ.fəˈluː.tən/ highfalutin(highfalutin的美式拼写) Showing arrogance and conceit (as) proud as Luciferidiom airs and gracesidiom arrogant arrogantly as if you owned the placeidiom egoistic egoistically egomaniacal egomaniacally egotistic patronizingly pomposity pompous pompously popinjay swollen head swollen-headed talk down to someone think the (whole) world revolves around youidiom throw your weight aroundidiom hifalutin | American Dictionaryhifalutin adjective infmlus/ˌhɑɪ·fəˈlu·tən/ highfalutin Examples of hifalutinhifalutin Simplicity means directness and conciseness in telling the story as well as an avoidance of hifalutin phrases, obsolete words and involved sentences. From Project Gutenberg Get help if you want—get some hifalutin detective, if that's the proper caper—but, get results. From Project Gutenberg These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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