释义 |
‖ très, adv. colloq.|trɛ| [Fr.: see tres-.] With English adjs.: very. Usu. with reference to a fashionable or modishly superior quality, freq. as très snob, very ‘posh’.
[1815F. Burney Let. 10 July (1980) VIII. 285 He is très what those on the other side the question call exalté.] 1819Keats Let. 3 Jan. (1931) I. 292 A full, true, and très particular account of Miss M's ten Suitors. 1939‘N. Blake’ Smiler with Knife iv. 63 It's a sort of county club. Très snob. Très cad. On the Thames. 1959A. Sinclair Breaking of Bumbo v. 74 The continental millionaires, who thought it très snob to bring out their young in the last society in Europe. 1968A. Diment Gt. Spy Race viii. 126 Très, très, très sexy. It was fairly obvious..which section of ‘trad’ spy-craft Mrs Omega was going to test. 1976Publishers Weekly 8 Mar. 67/2 The picture on the cover, a très cool modern kid who doesn't look a bit like the novel's hero. 1978J. Sherwood Limericks of Lachasse xii. 140 Students..who were of good family and très snob. |