Supercilious
[suːpə'sɪlɪəs;sjuː-] or [,supɚ'sɪlɪəs]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) expressive of contempt; 'curled his lip in a supercilious smile'; 'spoke in a sneering jeering manner'; 'makes many a sharp comparison but never a mean or snide one' .
黛布拉整理--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Lofty with pride; haughty; dictatorial; overbearing; arrogant; as, a supercilious officer; asupercilious air; supercilious behavior.
卡尔文校對
同義詞及近義詞：
a. Haughty, disdainful, contemptuous, overbearing, domineering, dictatorial, arrogant, proud, high, lofty, overweening, consequential, lordly, intolerant.
手打:梅尔瓦
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Haughty, contemptuous, disdainful, arrogant, i_solent
ANT:Affable, courteous, respectful, modest, bashful
埃尔伯特編輯
解釋/意思:
adj. lofty with pride: disdainful: dictatorial: overbearing.—adj. Supercil′iary above the eyebrow.—adv. Supercil′iously.—n. Supercil′iousness.
手打:瓦内萨
例句/造句/用法:
- A distant supercilious air makes a cold atmosphere about her, and there is nothing in her bearing, as there was before, to encourage openness. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- With a most supercilious kind of glance, Hum, drawled out Murray, you've not the slightest chance. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- Ah,' said the red-haired man, surveying Mr. Weller from head to foot with a supercilious look. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- I can be very cool and very supercilious with Henry, he said. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- George's valet was looking on in a very supercilious manner at Mr. Clapp in his shirt-sleeves, watering his rose-bushes. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- You are the real devil who won't let life exiSt.' She looked at him with a long, slow look, malevolent, supercilious. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- For, though elated by his rank, it did not render him supercilious; on the contrary, he was all attention to everybody. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
手打:瓦内萨