| 单词 | jumped-up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasjumped-up b. jumped-up: that has newly or suddenly risen in status or importance (often with an implication of conceit or arrogance). Also transferred. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > pretension to superiority > [adjective] taunt?a1534 cocket1537 fastuous?1591 cobbing1599 whalebone1602 airy1606 fastigious1625 flatuous1630 high and mighty1633 vapouring1647 flatulent1658 hoity-toity1690 jackanapish1696 superior1711 penseful1788 uppish1789 pensy1790 stuck-up1812 glorified1821 toploftical1823 pretentious1832 sophomoric1837 highty-tighty1847 snippy1848 jumped-up1852 set-up1856 toplofty1859 cock-aloft1861 high-tone1864 high-toned1866 pretensivea1868 fancy-pants1870 hunched1870 snotty1870 head-in-air1880 uppity1880 jackanapsian1881 airified1882 sidey1898 posh1914 upstage1918 snooty1919 high-hatted1924 hincty1924 snot-nosed1941 posho1989 1852 ‘T. Treddlehoyle’ Bairnsla Foaks' Ann. 35 A bit ov a jumpt up dress-macker, wot reckans ta be t' biggist beuty it taan. 1867 E. Waugh Tufts of Heather 23 What a stark, starin', jumped-up foo aw wur to send tho up theer! 1895 Punch 24 Aug. 93 You jumped-up, cheap, Coventry bagman. 1919 J. C. Snaith Love Lane xxxiv. 189 Democracy. Between you and me, Gert, it's mainly a name for a lot of jumped-up ignoramuses. 1934 J. B. Priestley Eng. Journey 380 It has flourished as the big city in the minds of men for generations. It is no mere jumped-up conglomeration of factories, warehouses and dormitories. 1942 L. A. G. Strong Slocombe Dies xxvii. 127 The better class despise me as a jumped-up chap with too good a conceit of himself. 1972 J. Wilson Hide & Seek i. 19 That jumped-up tarty little madam who couldn't even keep her own husband. 1973 J. Wainwright Pride of Pigs 177 He didn't like being talked to..as if he was some moss-green recruit..by a jumped-up C.I.D. clown from headquarters. < as lemmas |
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