highfalutin

n. 大话, 夸张的言词

发音

US /ˌhaɪ.fəˈlu.tɪn/
US /ˈhaɪ.fəˌlu.tɪn/
AU

词形变化

more highfalutin 比较级 most highfalutin 最高级

别名

hifalutin hifalutin' hifaluting highfalutin' highfaluting high-falutin highfalooting high falutin high falutin' high-falutin' high faluting high-faluting

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Pompous speech or writing.

    古体 不可数
adj.
  1. 1.

    Self-important, pompous; arrogant or egotistical.

    美国 非正式

    It's only a matter of time before some highfalutin developer builds a huge hotel and ruins the scenery.

    That one Cajun that moved to Austin is too highfalutin to come back to Livingston Parish. He's over there with that mean bread lady!

    His speech was very highfalutin.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 5

grandiose la-di-da hoity-toity hifalutin highfaluting

近义相关 1

pretentious

词源

Possible an alteration of high-fluting. Another speculation connects the term with high-flighting/-flying. First appears c. 1839 in the Spirit of the Times.

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