high-flown

Word family adjectivehigherhighermosthighishhighmosthighbloodedhigh-bornHigh Churchhigh-classhigh-endhighfalutinhigh-flownhigh-gradehigh-handedhigh-levelhigh-maintenancehigh-mindedhigh-octanehigh-pitchedhigh-poweredhigh-pressurehigh-pricedhigh-principledhigh-profilehigh-rankinghigh-risehigh-riskhigh-soundinghigh-speedhigh-spiritedhigh-techhigh-tensionhighwroughthighadverbhighlynounhighnesshighthighballhighbinderhighboyhighbrowhighbrowismhighchairhigh commandhigher educationhigher mathematicshigher-uphigh explosivehigh fidelityhigh fivehigh-flierhigh jinkshigh jumphighlandhighlanderhighlighthighlighterhighmanHigh Masshigh priesthigh priestesshigh reliefhighroadhigh schoolhigh seashigh seasonhigh tablehigh teahigh technologyhigh tidehigh treasonhigh-uphigh waterhighwayHighway Codehighwaymanhighway patrolhigh wireverbhightail

ˌhigh-ˈflown adjectiveadj

IMPRESShigh-flown language sounds impressive but does not have much real meaning 〔言辞〕浮夸的，空洞的

Examples from the Corpus

high-flown• Besides, none of them had any sense of humour and I ruined many a high-flown discussion by making jokes.• Such a description might sound high-flown for a small, transitory occasion.• Clark never developed high-flown ideas about saving the world.• And Jack, her husband, had had some high-flown notion of dedicating the lad to the cause.• I should know by now that heavy drinkers are awfully fond of high-flown rationalisations for any brief spell of abstinence.

单词	high-flown
释义	high-flown Word family adjectivehigherhighermosthighishhighmosthighbloodedhigh-bornHigh Churchhigh-classhigh-endhighfalutinhigh-flownhigh-gradehigh-handedhigh-levelhigh-maintenancehigh-mindedhigh-octanehigh-pitchedhigh-poweredhigh-pressurehigh-pricedhigh-principledhigh-profilehigh-rankinghigh-risehigh-riskhigh-soundinghigh-speedhigh-spiritedhigh-techhigh-tensionhighwroughthighadverbhighlynounhighnesshighthighballhighbinderhighboyhighbrowhighbrowismhighchairhigh commandhigher educationhigher mathematicshigher-uphigh explosivehigh fidelityhigh fivehigh-flierhigh jinkshigh jumphighlandhighlanderhighlighthighlighterhighmanHigh Masshigh priesthigh priestesshigh reliefhighroadhigh schoolhigh seashigh seasonhigh tablehigh teahigh technologyhigh tidehigh treasonhigh-uphigh waterhighwayHighway Codehighwaymanhighway patrolhigh wireverbhightail ˌhigh-ˈflown adjectiveadj IMPRESShigh-flown language sounds impressive but does not have much real meaning 〔言辞〕浮夸的，空洞的 Examples from the Corpus high-flown• Besides, none of them had any sense of humour and I ruined many a high-flown discussion by making jokes.• Such a description might sound high-flown for a small, transitory occasion.• Clark never developed high-flown ideas about saving the world.• And Jack, her husband, had had some high-flown notion of dedicating the lad to the cause.• I should know by now that heavy drinkers are awfully fond of high-flown rationalisations for any brief spell of abstinence.
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