| 单词 | snob appeal |
| 释义 | > as lemmassnob appeal snob appeal n. attractiveness to snobs. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > pretension to superiority > [noun] > snobbery > snob > value or appeal to snob appeal1933 snob value1936 1933 F. R. Leavis & A. D. H. Thompson Culture & Environment 15 (heading) The snob appeal. 1943 Scrutiny 11 289 There is, of course, the same snob-appeal, and just as Mr. Richards is always introducing a Shakespearean phrase.., so Jeeves is always quoting Pope. 1958 M. Dickens Man Overboard xii. 192 There's a snob appeal about having a retired officer as bursar. 1978 J. Pearson Façades vii. 127 Osbert and Edith [Sitwell]..had inherited..style; their snob appeal was undeniable. < as lemmas |
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