smug

C1 大学 FREQ #11710 ★☆☆☆☆

a. 自以为是的, 自鸣得意的, 整洁的 n. 书呆子, 自命不凡的家伙

发音

AU /smʌɡ/

词形变化

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教材释义与例句

名词

书呆子；自命不凡的家伙

形容词

自鸣得意的；自以为是的；整洁的

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The smuggling trade.

    废旧 不可数

    Have not they some term by which they distinguish the illicit trade? — They usually call it the Smug-pigeon.

v.
  1. 1.

    To make smug, or spruce.

    废旧 及物
  2. 2.

    to adopt an offensively self-complacent expression.

    不及物
  3. 3.

    To seize; to confiscate.

    废旧 俚语 及物
  4. 4.

    To hush up.

    废旧 俚语 及物
adj. C1
  1. 1.

    Showing smugness; showing self-complacency, self-satisfaction.

    a smug look on her face

  2. 2.

    Studiously neat or nice, especially in dress; spruce; affectedly precise; smooth and prim.

    废旧
  3. 3.

    Irritatingly pleased with oneself; offensively self-complacent, self-satisfied.

    得意

    自满

    踌躇

    Kate looked extremely smug this morning.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 1

self-satisfied

近义相关 2

content contented

词源

Originally "spruce, neat," from Low German smuk (“pretty”), from Middle Low German smuk (“lithe, delicate, neat, trim”), although the g of the English word is not easily explained. The ultimate source should be Proto-West Germanic *smeugan (“to crawl, creep”). From the Low German derived also North Frisian smok, Danish smuk and Swedish smukk (now obsolete or dialectal). Compare also Middle High German gesmuc (“ornament”) and smücken (“to dress, to adorn”), both ultimately from smiegen (“to press to, insert, wrap, to nestle”), hence German schmiegen, Schmuck and schmücken. The adjective schmuck, however, was borrowed from Low German. See smock for more.

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