| 单词 | snob value |
| 释义 | > as lemmassnob value snob value n. value as a commodity prized by snobs or as an indication of superiority. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > pretension to superiority > [noun] > snobbery > snob > value or appeal to snob appeal1933 snob value1936 1936 Proc. Inst. Automobile Engineers 30 762 Generally, if the big luxury car leads with any new refinement sooner or later the lower and lowest-priced cars follow, the new feature acquires from its aristocratic origin what has been aptly termed ‘snob-value’. 1955 T. H. Pear Eng. Social Differences 131 The terms of normal psychology have never achieved snob-value. 1969 M. Fish in A. S. C. Ross What are U? 78 It was an example of faulty handcraft giving a snob value to a product that could have been made more efficiently by machine. < as lemmas |
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