haughty

英 ['hɔːti] 美 ['hɔːti]

• adj. 傲慢的；自大的；骄傲的

英英释义

Adjective:

1. having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy;

   "some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines"
   "haughty aristocrats"
   "his lordly manners were offensive"
   "walked with a prideful swagger"
   "very sniffy about breaches of etiquette"
   "his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air"
   "a more swaggering mood than usual"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. It is hard for a haughty man to swallow his words.
   要一个傲慢的人认错是很困难的。
2. The nobles treated the common people with haughty contempt.
   王公贵族以不屑一顾的傲慢态度对待平民百姓。

经典引文

• They were a haughty lot who found Manchester inferior to Hamburg.

  出自： A. Burgess

• Look at his haughty air of pride and arrogance!

  出自： Henry Miller

近反义词

【近义词】

• proud 自豪的
• arrogant 傲慢的
• supercilious 目中无人的
• scornful 轻蔑的
• lofty 高的
• overbearing 傲慢的
• disdainful 鄙视的
• imperious 傲慢的
• insolent 粗野的
• boastful 自夸的
• consequential 重要的
• bold 大胆的
• stony 石头的
• aristocratic 贵族的
• snobbish 势利的
• vain 自负的
• audacious 无畏的
• cavalier 骑士
• contemptuous 轻视的
• snooty 傲慢的
• self-important 妄自尊大的
• superior 上级
• conceited 极其自负的
• stuck-up 自大的
• high and mighty 大人物
• self-aggrandizing self-aggrand...
• condescending 高傲的
• swaggering 动词swagger的现在...
• lordly 高傲的
• prideful 自傲的
• sniffy 嗤之以鼻的

【反义词】

• obedient 服从的
• gentle 温和的
• tame 驯服的