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单词 hauteur
释义

hauteur

/əʊˈtəː /
noun [mass noun]
Proud haughtiness of manner: she swept into the room with formidable hauteur his natural coolness and aristocratic hauteur...
  • Gone was the better-than-thou hauteur and proud carriage synonymous to Adrienne Clarke.
  • However, with the addition of an arcade of brand-name boutiques, the Raffles' former aristocratic hauteur seems to have been traded for a sort of self-conscious post-yuppie consumerism.
  • Despite his much vaunted lack of emotional attachment to the trappings of title, the marquis has been cited as conducting his business with a distinctly aristocratic hauteur.

Synonyms

haughtiness, superciliousness, loftiness, arrogance, pride, conceit, snobbery, snobbishness, superiority, self-importance, disdain, disdainfulness, condescension, contempt, scorn;
airs, airs and graces
informal snootiness, uppitiness, uppishness, la-di-da
British informal side

Origin

French, from haut 'high'.

Rhymes

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