词汇 | swollen-headed |
释义 | swollen-headed adjective informaldisapprovinguk /ˌswəʊ.lənˈhed.ɪd/ us /ˌswoʊ.lənˈhed.ɪd/ thinking that you are more intelligent or important than you really are: 自命不凡的,自负的,神气活现的 I didn't know how to mention it without sounding swollen-headed.我不知道该怎么说才不显得自以为是。 See swollen head They are swollen-headed semi-intellectuals. They have done well, but do not allow them to get swollen-headed. Swollen-headed actors should take note. Showing arrogance and conceit (as) proud as Luciferidiom airs and gracesidiom arrogant arrogantly as if you owned the placeidiom egoistic egoistically egomaniacal egomaniacally egotistic patronizing patronizingly pomposity pompous pompously swaggerer swollen head talk down to someone think the (whole) world revolves around youidiom throw your weight aroundidiom Examples of swollen-headedswollen-headed If they do, the next generation will be a swollen-headed generation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He learns to accept praise without getting swollen-headed and is ready to be corrected if he has done wrong. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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