英语词汇“ostentation”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Ostentation is a pretentious or showy display (gaudy or flashy), usually designed to attract attention. Ostentation is a woman in a fur coat, covered in diamond jewelry, boarding a gold-plated private jet.

The noun ostentation stems from the Latin word ostentationem, meaning "vain display." It is often associated with material items that showcase one's wealth and luxury. Ostentation might come to the minds of the other parents if you drive a Lamborghini to drop your kids off at school. A movie star's gas-guzzling, 400-foot yacht may also be considered by many as a symbol of ostentation.

WORD FAMILY

ostentation: ostentations, ostentatious+/ostentate: ostentation/ostentatious: ostentatiously, ostentatiousness, unostentatious/unostentatious: unostentatiously

USAGE EXAMPLES

Most of the new generation of writing accouterments highlights quiet style over ostentation.

Wall Street Journal(Dec 15, 2016)

Philip Hammond, though friendly with Mrs May and outspoken on Brexit, eschews the imperial ostentations of most of his recent predecessors.

Economist(Dec 15, 2016)

Silverton has always shunned ostentation, celebrating her love of plebeian ingredients such as iceberg lettuce and popcorn, not to mention her passion for burgers.

Washington Post(Oct 24, 2016)

1n pretentious or showy or vulgar display

Hyper

largeness, pretension, pretentiousness

the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)

2n a gaudy outward display

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

fanfare, flash

bluster, bravado

a swaggering show of courage

exhibitionism

extravagant and conspicuous behavior intended to attract attention to yourself

ritz

ostentatious display of elegance

splurge

an ostentatious display (of effort or extravagance etc.)

pedantry

an ostentatious and inappropriate display of learning

display

exhibiting openly in public view

3n lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity

Syn|Hyper

inflation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, puffiness, splashiness

inelegance

the quality of lacking refinement and good taste

单词	ostentation
释义	ostentation (once / 1028 pages) n Ostentation is a pretentious or showy display (gaudy or flashy), usually designed to attract attention. Ostentation is a woman in a fur coat, covered in diamond jewelry, boarding a gold-plated private jet. The noun ostentation stems from the Latin word ostentationem, meaning "vain display." It is often associated with material items that showcase one's wealth and luxury. Ostentation might come to the minds of the other parents if you drive a Lamborghini to drop your kids off at school. A movie star's gas-guzzling, 400-foot yacht may also be considered by many as a symbol of ostentation. WORD FAMILY ostentation: ostentations, ostentatious+/ostentate: ostentation/ostentatious: ostentatiously, ostentatiousness, unostentatious/unostentatious: unostentatiously USAGE EXAMPLES Most of the new generation of writing accouterments highlights quiet style over ostentation. Wall Street Journal(Dec 15, 2016) Philip Hammond, though friendly with Mrs May and outspoken on Brexit, eschews the imperial ostentations of most of his recent predecessors. Economist(Dec 15, 2016) Silverton has always shunned ostentation, celebrating her love of plebeian ingredients such as iceberg lettuce and popcorn, not to mention her passion for burgers. Washington Post(Oct 24, 2016) 1n pretentious or showy or vulgar display Hyper largeness, pretension, pretentiousness the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth) 2n a gaudy outward display Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper fanfare, flash bluster, bravado a swaggering show of courage exhibitionism extravagant and conspicuous behavior intended to attract attention to yourself ritz ostentatious display of elegance splurge an ostentatious display (of effort or extravagance etc.) pedantry an ostentatious and inappropriate display of learning display exhibiting openly in public view 3n lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity Syn\|Hyper inflation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, puffiness, splashiness inelegance the quality of lacking refinement and good taste
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