基本介紹
- 外文名：highfalutin
- 詞性：形容詞
- 英式發音：[ˌhaɪfəˈluːtɪn]
- 美式發音：[ˌhaɪfəˈluːtɪn]
單詞釋義,單詞用法,短語搭配,雙語例句,
單詞釋義
英 [ˌhaɪfəˈluːtɪn] 美 [ˌhaɪfəˈluːtɪn]
adj. 誇張的；自大的；傲慢的（等於 hifalutin）
單詞用法
柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典
highfalutin /ˌhaɪfəˈluːtɪn/
1.ADJ People sometimes use highfalutin to describe something that they think is being made to sound complicated or important in order to impress people. 裝模作樣的; 華而不實的 [非正式，老式]
短語搭配
high-sounding highfalutin 冠冕堂皇
雙語例句
- This isn't highfalutin art-about-art. It's marvellous and adventurous stuff. 這不是為藝術而藝術的華而不實的東西，而是有所大膽創新的非凡作品。
- You may think I am a little highfalutin. 你們可能想我有點誇張。
- There are better, less highfalutin explanations. 這裡有更好的、不再冠冕堂皇的理由。
- Did that young man who spoke so highfalutin 'get her? 那位說了那么多好聽的話的年青人最後得到她了么？
- Proceed to pronounce on anything that happens to come to mind. Use a tone that is urgent and highfalutin . 把碰巧進入頭腦的東西寫出來，採用急不可耐的、妄自尊大的口氣。
- Also do not know who said that, say to eat nutritious, hey, I can always find this piece piggish highfalutin excuse. 也不知誰說的，說這樣吃有營養，嘿，反正總能為這張饞嘴找到冠冕堂皇的藉口的。
- Despite all the highfalutin talk of Nobel Prize winners and artists, all of these methods can be applied to everyday life. 儘管是關於諾貝爾獎得主和藝術家們的冠冕堂皇的言辭，然而這些方法都可以套用到日常生活中。
- So why do some newcomers walk away from Linux/BSD decrying open source operating systems and calling the community members highfalutin? 那么，為什麼一些新手離開Linux/BSD，就譴責開源作業系統，並稱這些社區成員自命不凡呢？
- But whatever highfalutin 'terms or techniques are used, the plumber and his boss both understand pipes and the messy risks in fixing them. 但無論使用的術語或技術有多么誇張，管道工和他的老闆都了解管道，清楚修理時可能碰到的麻煩。
- And again. Know that there are many ways to do any task. Sometimes the first thing that comes to mind is some highfalutin, expensive way. 要知道，條條大路通羅馬，雖然有時候腦子裡總是會先想到一些不切實際又昂貴的方法。
- I think that his deadpan way of bringing things down to earth when they get a little too highfalutin' involves the skill of a genuine stand-up comic. 我認為他是真的有漫畫人物的效果，當他總是面無表情的'，讓那些過分驕傲的人回歸現實。
- Two of its high-profile New York debuts — high line park, built atop an old rail line, and Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall — kept even the most highfalutin tastemakers buzzing. 紐約的兩個亮點修建在老鐵路線上面的高線公園和林肯演藝中心成了潮流創造者的實驗場。
