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单词 silvertail
释义

silvertail

/ˈsɪlvəteɪl /
Australian informal
noun
A person who is socially prominent or who displays social aspirations: the area is not uniformly full of silvertails sending their kids to elite private schools...
  • He took the move of labelling the nation's biggest farm lobby groups as silver tails and irrelevant.
  • I know many Australians will say, "Oh, you poor silvertail" and, frankly, I'm not complaining about the unrealised gain on this investment over the past few years.
  • He might be a silvertail, but he always had a remarkable personal magnetism and knew how to work the campaign trail.
adjective
Having social privileges or aspirations: silvertail suburbs...
  • They were in the silvertail areas of Vaucluse and Watson's Bay.
  • A group of actors turn up at the palace of the silvertail socialist and present themselves as illegal aliens seeking asylum.
  • The seat is often associated with silver tail suburbs, but it also includes more ordinary and densely populated areas.

Origin

Late 19th century: probably originally with reference to the wearing of dress uniforms.

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