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单词 de haut en bas
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Definition of de haut en bas in English:

de haut en bas

adjective & adverbdə ot ɑ̃ badə ˌəʊt ɒ̃ ˈbɑː
  • In a condescending or superior manner.

    as adverb he never addressed his students de haut en bas
    Example sentencesExamples
    • But that kind of approach strikes us as disagreeably de haut en bas now, and paternalism isn't really a vote-winner any more.
    • The constitution is the epitome of Europe de haut en bas, of decisions imposed by elites.
    • Everybody thinks they know more about the internet than everybody else so I anticipate a tirade of abuse and de haut en bas dismissals.

Origin

French, 'from above to below'.

Rhymes

aargh, Accra, afar, ah, aha, aide-mémoire, ajar, Alcazar, are, Armagh, armoire, Artois, au revoir, baa, bah, bar, barre, bazaar, beaux-arts, Bekaa, bête noire, Bihar, bizarre, blah, Bogotá, Bonnard, bra, cafard, café noir, Calabar, car, Carr, Castlebar, catarrh, Changsha, char, charr, cigar, comme ci comme ça, commissar, coup d'état, devoir, Dhofar, Directoire, Du Bois, Dumas, Dunbar, éclat, embarras de choix, escritoire, fah, famille noire, far, feu de joie, film noir, foie gras, Fra, galah, gar, guar, guitar, ha, hah, ha-ha, Halacha, hurrah, hussar, huzza, insofar, Invar, jar, je ne sais quoi, ka, kala-azar, Kandahar, khimar, Khorramshahr, knar, Krasnodar, Kwa, la-di-da, lah, Lehár, Loire, ma, mama, mamma, mar, Mardi Gras, ménage à trois, mirepoix, moire, nam pla, Navarre, noir, objet d'art, pa, pah, Panama, papa, par, Pará, Paraná, pas, pâté de foie gras, peau-de-soie, pietà, Pinot Noir, pooh-bah, poult-de-soie, pya, rah, registrar, Saar, Salazar, Sana'a, sang-froid, scar, schwa, Seychellois, shah, Shangri-La, shikar, ska, sol-fa, spa, spar, star, Starr, Stranraer, ta, tahr, tar, tartare, tata, tra-la, tsar, Twa, Villa, voilà, waratah, yah
 
 

Definition of de haut en bas in US English:

de haut en bas

adverb & adjectivedə ˌōt än ˈbä
  • In a condescending or superior manner.

    as adverb he never addressed his students de haut en bas
    as adjective he has a certain de haut en bas style
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Everybody thinks they know more about the internet than everybody else so I anticipate a tirade of abuse and de haut en bas dismissals.
    • The constitution is the epitome of Europe de haut en bas, of decisions imposed by elites.
    • But that kind of approach strikes us as disagreeably de haut en bas now, and paternalism isn't really a vote-winner any more.

Origin

French, ‘from above to below’.

 
 
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