high-flown

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishhigh-flownˌhigh-ˈflown adjective IMPRESShigh-flown language sounds impressive but does not have much real meaningExamples from the Corpushigh-flown• Besides, none of them had any sense of humour and I ruined many a high-flown discussion by making jokes.• Such a description might sound high-flown for a small, transitory occasion.• Clark never developed high-flown ideas about saving the world.• And Jack, her husband, had had some high-flown notion of dedicating the lad to the cause.• I should know by now that heavy drinkers are awfully fond of high-flown rationalisations for any brief spell of abstinence.

单词	high-flown
释义	high-flown From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishhigh-flownˌhigh-ˈflown adjective IMPRESShigh-flown language sounds impressive but does not have much real meaningExamples from the Corpushigh-flown• Besides, none of them had any sense of humour and I ruined many a high-flown discussion by making jokes.• Such a description might sound high-flown for a small, transitory occasion.• Clark never developed high-flown ideas about saving the world.• And Jack, her husband, had had some high-flown notion of dedicating the lad to the cause.• I should know by now that heavy drinkers are awfully fond of high-flown rationalisations for any brief spell of abstinence.
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