informal <非正式>
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- elegant or stylishly luxurious优雅的; 时髦的, 豪华的：
a posh Munich hotel
一家优雅的慕尼黑酒店
I'll have to look posh.
我得看起来时髦一点。
1.1
- chiefly Brit. typical of or belonging to the upper class of society〈主英〉上流人士的, 上流社会的：
she had a posh accent.
她说话带有上流人士的腔调。
- Brit. in an upper-class way〈英〉上流人士的方式：
trying to talk posh.
试图像上流人士那样说话。
mass noun
- Brit. the quality or state of being elegant, stylish, or upper class〈英〉优雅; 时髦; 上流社会水准：
we finally bought a colour TV, which seemed the height of posh.
我们终于买了一台彩电, 似乎够得上上流社会水准。
派生词
poshly
adverbposhness
noun词源
early 20th cent.: perhaps from slang posh, denoting a dandy. There is no evidence to support the folk etymology that posh is formed from the initials of port out starboard home （referring to the practice of using the more comfortable accommodation, out of the heat of the sun, on ships between England and India）.
短语动词
posh something up
- Brit. smarten something up〈英〉打扮, 使变得时髦, 使变得漂亮：
the sealing wax with which she poshed up Muriel's dancing shoes.
她用来擦亮穆里尔的舞鞋的封蜡。