Flippant
['flɪp(ə)nt] or ['flɪpənt]
解釋/意思:
(a.) Of smooth, fluent, and rapid speech; speaking with ease and rapidity; having a voluble tongue; talkative.
(a.) Speaking fluently and confidently, without knowledge or consideration; empty; trifling; inconsiderate; pert; petulant.
(n.) A flippant person.
巴纳比手打
同義詞及近義詞：
a. [1]. Voluble, fluent, glib, talkative, nimble of speech, of ready utterance.[2]. Pert, impertinent, saucy, malapert, forward, bold, impudent.
杜威手打
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Pert, forward, superficial, thoughtless, saucy, malapert
ANT:Flattering, servile, obsequious, accurate, considerate, deferential,complimentary, respectful
校對:赛克
解釋/意思:
adj. quick and pert of speech: thoughtless.—ns. Flipp′ancy Flipp′antness pert fluency of speech: pertness.—adv. Flipp′antly.
亚历克斯編輯
例句/造句/用法:
- He did not mind being flippant about New York, but disliked to hear any one else take the same tone. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- The venerable Mother of the Republics is scarce a fit subject for flippant speech or the idle gossipping of tourists. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- It is rather too bad of Fred to repeat my flippant speeches to Mr. Farebrother. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- At length, in the darkness, came her voice, hard and indifferent: 'Very little indeed,' she said coldly, almost flippant. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- There he lay, unowned, unknown, exposed to the flippant curiosity of a French mob! 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
亚历克斯編輯