| 单词 | la-di-da |
| 释义 | la-di-da (once / 454589 pages) adj If your friend describes you as la-di-da, she thinks you're a pretentious snob. Maybe it's that fake English accent you're always using. La-di-da is the perfect informal term for someone who acts grand and pompous. Sometimes people who speak using flowery language or long, complicated words are described this way, and sometimes it's their affected manners than earn them the la-di-da label. The word dates from the late nineteenth century, and its nonsense syllables mock the way affected people speak. WORD FAMILYla-di-da USAGE EXAMPLESTodd Zeile stood perfectly upright with his bat resting against his collarbone in a pose that Floyd used to describe as “la-di-da.” New York Times(Jul 21, 2016) Even his dancers — so outstandingly fresh as a rule — reflected this by sometimes looking a bit la-di-da, too determinedly gracious for comfort. New York Times(May 18, 2016) She used to think that climate change was too middle-class and la-di-da a cause for her taste. The New Yorker(May 16, 2015) adj affectedly genteel Syn grandiose, hifalutin, highfalutin, highfaluting, hoity-toity pretentious making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction |
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