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

单词	highfalutin
释义	high·fa·lu·tin I. \\|hīfə\|lüt^ən\ adjective also high·fa·lu·ting \“, -üd.]iŋ, -üt], ]ēŋ\; or hi·fa·lu·tin Etymology: perhaps from high (I) + alteration of fluting, present participle of flute (II) 1. : characterized by or reflecting an attitude of self-importance or superciliousness : pretentious < highfalutin people like the kind of fine ladies his wife was always playing bridge with — Nathaniel La Mar > < impress our correspondents by highfalutin letterheads — H.F.Ellis > 2. : expressed in or marked by the use of high-flown bombastic language : pompous < has written perhaps half a dozen excellent pieces … and a great deal of highfalutin bathos — H.L.Mencken > < a study of American adolescence done in a rather high-toned and highfalutin way — Time & Tide > < pretentious idealism or just highfalutin and pretentious talk — William Chomsky > II. noun (-s) : high-flown pretentious language : bombast < a medium … in which dramatic characters can express the purest poetry without highfalutin — T.S.Eliot >
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