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haughty

释义:

haughty

haughty,英语单词,主要用作形容词,作形容词时意为“傲慢的;自大的”。

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英语

词源

源自早期形式hautyhaultic,仿照英语 naughty英语 high调整了拼写,源自中古英语 hauteinhautain-ein-ain经由代表*hauteinnesse的词形hautenesse变为了-y,参见haughtiness),源自中古英语 haute (高傲的),源自古法语 hauthault (高耸的),源自古法兰克语 *hauh*hōh (高耸的;自傲的)拉丁语 altus (高的,深的)。详见highold

发音

形容词

haughty比较级 haughtier最高级 haughtiest

  1. 高傲的,不屑的,高高在上的,目中无人
    • 1922Michael Arlen,“3/1/1”,出自 “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days[1]:
      How meek and shrunken did that haughty Tarmac become as it slunk by the wide circle of asphalt of the yellow sort, that was loosely strewn before the great iron gates of Lady Hall as a forerunner of the consideration that awaited the guests of Rupert, Earl of Kare, []
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衍生词汇

相关词汇

  • haughthauthautehawt

参考资料

  • haughty” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001