| 单词 | vanity |
| 释义 | vanity —vanitied, adj. /van"i tee/, n. , pl. vanities, adj. n. 1. excessive pride in one's appearance, qualities, abilities, achievements, etc.; character or quality of being vain; conceit: Failure to be elected was a great blow to his vanity. 2. an instance or display of this quality or feeling. 3. something about which one is vain. 4. lack of real value; hollowness; worthlessness: the vanity of a selfish life. 5. something worthless, trivial, or pointless. 6. See vanity case. 7. See dressing table. 8. a wide, counterlike shelf containing a wash basin, as in the bathroom of a hotel or residence, often equipped with shelves, drawers, etc., underneath. 9. a cabinet built below or around a bathroom sink, primarily to hide exposed pipes. 10. compact1 (def. 13). adj. 11. produced as a showcase for one's own talents, esp. as a writer, actor, singer, or composer: a vanity production. 12. of, pertaining to, or issued by a vanity press: a spate of vanity books. [1200-50; ME vanite < OF < L vanitas, equiv. to van- (see VAIN) + -itas- -ITY] Syn. 1. egotism, complacency, vainglory, ostentation. See pride. 4. emptiness, sham, unreality, folly, triviality, futility. Ant. 1. humility. |
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