haughty
haughty 英 [ˈhɔ:ti] 美 [ˈhɔti]
adj. 傲慢的；自大的
比较级:haughtier 最高级:haughtiest
- Someone who is haughty is arrogant and full of pride. When you're haughty, you have a big attitude and act like you're better than other people.
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- adj. 傲慢的；自大的
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1. He is haughty to us.
他对我们很傲慢。
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2. a haughty face, a haughty look, a haughty manner
自负的面容╱神态╱态度
- haughty (adj.) "proud and disdainful," 1520s, a redundant extension of haught (q.v.) "high in one's own estimation" by addition of -y (2) on model of might/mighty, naught/naughty, etc. Middle English also had hautif in this sense (mid-15c., from Old French hautif), and hautein "proud, haughty, arrogant; presumptuous" (c. 1300), from Old French hautain. Related: Haughtily.
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