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

单词	ostentation
释义	os·ten·ta·tion \ˌä]stən.ˈtāshən sometimes ˌȯ] or ]ˌsten-\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English ostentacioun, from Middle French ostentation, from Latin ostentation-, ostentatio, from ostentatus (past participle of ostentare to display ostentatiously) + -ion-, -io -ion 1. a. : the act of making an ambitious display : vain and unnecessary show especially for the purpose of attracting attention, admiration, or envy : pretentiousness < a woman brought up in the traditions of a modesty so proud that it scorns ostentation — Arnold Bennett > b. : overly elaborate embellishment especially in art : floridity < architecture … characterized by ostentation and ornamental frills of the Victorian era — American Guide Series: Texas > < stepped over the … boundary which divides wealth from ostentation, eloquence from pedantry, art from technique — Gilbert Highet > < interpret the inmost thoughts of the composer, and to reproduce them without sentimentality and ostentation — A.E.Wier > 2. archaic : the act of exhibiting or showing : display < maintain a mourning ostentation — Shakespeare >
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