| 单词 | high-flown |
| 释义 | high-flown (once / 11322 pages) adj A person is considered high-flown if he tries to sound smarter or fancier than he really is. The adjective high-flown particularly comes in handy when you're describing overblown, pretentious writing. You can also describe overly lofty plans as high-flown: "The six year-old's intention to build a tree house with wall-to-wall carpeting, electric lights, and plumbing seemed a little high-flown to me." WORD FAMILYhigh-flown USAGE EXAMPLESThe lecture—steely, ominous, high-flown—went on quite a long time. The New Yorker(Oct 10, 2016) In the years between those two moments of high-flown rhetoric, the U.S. military fought in nine conflicts, according to a 2015 briefing produced by U.S. Salon(Sep 28, 2016) All of these high-flown promises will fail to accomplish anything substantial to rein in climate change. Wall Street Journal(Nov 17, 2015) 1adj pretentious (especially with regard to language or ideals) high-flown talk of preserving the moral tone of the school Syn high-sounding, inflated pretentious making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction 2adj of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style "argue in terms of high-flown ideals"- Oliver Franks Syn elevated, exalted, grand, high-minded, idealistic, lofty, noble-minded, rarefied, rarified, sublime noble having or showing or indicative of high or elevated character |
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