英语词汇“pride”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	pride
释义	pride I. \ˈprīd\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English pride, prude, prute, from Old English prȳte, prȳde pride, from prūt, prūd proud — more at proud 1. : the quality or state of being proud: as a. (1) : inordinate self-esteem : an unreasonable conceit of superiority (as in talents, beauty, wealth, rank) (2) usually capitalized : such pride personified as one of the deadly sins b. : a sense of one's own worth and abhorrence of what is beneath or unworthy of oneself : lofty self-respect : a reasonable or justifiable feeling of one's position < a people which takes no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors — T.B.Macaulay > < took a proper pride in his skill > c. : a sense of delight or elation arising from some act or possession < parental pride > 2. : proud or disdainful behavior or treatment : insolence or arrogance of demeanor : haughty bearing : disdain < let not the foot of pride come against me — Ps 36:11 (Authorized Version) > 3. a. : inordinate show : ostentatious display : magnificence < pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war — Shakespeare > b. : showy decoration or adornment : magnificent or splendid ornamentation — used of a bird (as a peacock) in full display c. : highest pitch : elevation reached : loftiness, prime < in the pride of one's life > 4. a. : something of which one is proud or which excites pride : the best in a group or class : pick < a bold peasantry their country's pride — Oliver Goldsmith > b. obsolete : exalted position : place such as may reasonably incite to pride 5. a. obsolete : a sense of power : fullness of animal spirits : mettle b. : sexual desire : lust, heat — used chiefly of a female domestic animal c. obsolete : wantonness, excess, extravagance, overboldness 6. a. of lions : company b. : a showy or pretentious group < the queen surrounded by a pride of gaily dressed ladies > < a pompous pride of civic notables > 7. prides plural, chiefly Midland : the male genitals Synonyms: vanity, vainglory: pride may be commendatory in indicating a justified self-esteem, proper self-respect, or dislike of falling below one's standards that spurs one on, buoys one up, or checks one from base decisions < civic pride that brings them great satisfaction and strengthens their character — J.C.Penney > < this pride as an integral feeling of self-respect — J.C.Powys > It may be uncomplimentary in designating an unjustified self-esteem arising from a false, inflated, and pretentious sense of one's worth culminating in arrogant conceit < it is not exactly pride; there is no strut or swagger in it though perhaps just a little condescension — John Burroughs > < this race so admirably endowed, with ambitions ever unsatisfied, modeling, in insatiable pride, its gods after its own likeness — Agnes Repplier > vanity indicates an unsound, ill-based false pride and self-glorifying or self-centering with specious concern about trivialities < one of the troubles about vanity is that it grows with what it feeds on. The more you are talked about, the more you will wish to be talked about — Bertrand Russell > < her face was intent and fixed upon her image in the mirror; vanity had superseded shyness in her innocent mind — Elinor Wylie > vainglory may suggest excessive or meretricious pride flaunted with boastful arrogance < vainglorie, rivalries, and earthly heats that spring and sparkle out among us in the jousts — Alfred Tennyson > II. verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English priden, pruden, from pride, prude, n. *transitive verb* 1. : to indulge (as oneself) in pride : take credit to : rate highly : plume < pride herself upon her skill > 2. : to make (as a person) feel proud : infect or fill with pride 3. obsolete a. : adorn, glorify b. of a bird : to cause (the feathers) to spread in display *intransitive verb* 1. : to be or grow proud — sometimes used with it 2. : to pride oneself or take pride in or over something III. noun (-s) Etymology: origin unknown : sand pride; also : a larval lamprey
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