单词 | pride |
释义 | Word Frequency pride(praɪd) noun 1. a feeling of honour and self-respect; a sense of personal worth 2. excessive self-esteem; conceit 3. a source of pride 4. (usually capital) a. a movement encouraging self-respect and camaraderie among members of a particular group, esp LGBT+ people b. an event celebrating LGBT+ culture 5. satisfaction or pleasure taken in one's own or another's success, achievements, etc (esp in the phrase take (a) pride in) 6. the better or most superior part of something; flower 7. the most flourishing time 8. a group (of lions) 9. the mettle of a horse; courage; spirit 10. archaic sexual desire, esp in a female animal 11. archaic display, pomp, or splendour 12. pride of place verb 13. (tr; foll by on or upon) to take pride in (oneself) for 14. (intransitive) to glory or revel (in) Derived forms prideful (ˈprideful) adjective pridefully (ˈpridefully) adverb Word origin Old English prӯda; related to Latin prodesse to be useful, Old Norse prūthr stately; see proudWord Frequency Pride(praɪd) noun Thomas. died 1658, English soldier on the Parliamentary side during the Civil War. He expelled members of the Long Parliament hostile to the army (Pride's Purge, 1648) and signed Charles I's death warrant |
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