单词 | anti-snob |
释义 | > as lemmasanti-snob anti-snob adj. Brit. /ˌantɪˈsnɒb/ , U.S. /ˌæn(t)iˈsnɑb/ , /ˌænˌtaɪˈsnɑb/ , /ˌæn(t)əˈsnɑb/ ΚΠ 1846 Satirist 22 Mar. 94/3 (signature of letter) Anti-Snob.] 1858 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 99/1 The anti-snob cant which Mr. Thackeray has set afloat, is just as insincere and double-faced as any other cant whatsoever. 1911 19th Cent. & After Dec. 1097 He is probably anxious above all things—thanks to the anti-snob satirists—to dissimilate his snobbishness. 1992 Economist 26 Dec. 91/3 Consumers are abandoning the excess and ostentation of the 1980s in favour of the anti-snob appeal of firms such as The Gap. < as lemmas |
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