stuck-up

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ˌstuck-ˈup adjectiveadj informal

PROUDproud and unfriendly because you think you are better and more important than other people – used to show disapproval 傲慢的，自以为了不起的〔含贬义〕 SYN snooty

His wife was a bit stuck-up.

他的妻子有点自以为是。

Examples from the Corpus

stuck-up• We thought his wife was stuck-up.• I can't stand her - she's so stuck-up.• The children who go to that school are a bit stuck-up.• The irony was that those who had observed it had considered her spoiled and stuck-up.• She liked to show a matey interest in things, be one of the boys, prove she wasn't stuck-up and so on.• Too stuck-up, considering what she was.• the spoiled, stuck-up daughter of a millionaire• a pompous, stuck-up little man• Tanya is so stuck-up. She won't go out with anyone who went to a state college.• Daughter Amanda is more stuck-up than a chimney sweep's brush.

单词	stuck-up
释义	stuck-up Word family nounstickfulstickhandlingstick insectstickleaderstick shiftstickworkstickabilitystickerstickinessstickingstick-in-the-mudstickjawstickseedstickweedstickybeakstickverbstickhandleadverbstickilyadjectivestickystuck-up ˌstuck-ˈup adjectiveadj informal PROUDproud and unfriendly because you think you are better and more important than other people – used to show disapproval 傲慢的，自以为了不起的〔含贬义〕 SYN snooty His wife was a bit stuck-up. 他的妻子有点自以为是。 Examples from the Corpus stuck-up• We thought his wife was stuck-up.• I can't stand her - she's so stuck-up.• The children who go to that school are a bit stuck-up.• The irony was that those who had observed it had considered her spoiled and stuck-up.• She liked to show a matey interest in things, be one of the boys, prove she wasn't stuck-up and so on.• Too stuck-up, considering what she was.• the spoiled, stuck-up daughter of a millionaire• a pompous, stuck-up little man• Tanya is so stuck-up. She won't go out with anyone who went to a state college.• Daughter Amanda is more stuck-up than a chimney sweep's brush.
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