英语词汇“tall-talking”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

In a tall manner; elatedly, proudly; to walk tall, to carry one's head high; to have dignity or self-respect; to sit tall, to sit erect, with a straight back (in quot. figurative). Also in combinations, as tall-talking.

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the mind > emotion > pride > proper pride or self-respect > retain one's self-respect [verb (intransitive)]

to hold up one's head1553

to walk tall1846

to live with oneself1962

the world > space > relative position > posture > assume or hold a posture [verb (intransitive)] > hold body in a posture > with head held high

to walk tall1846

the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of sitting > be sitting or seated [verb (intransitive)] > upright

to sit upa1535

to sit up1848

to sit up like Jacky1918

to sit tall1976

1846 T. B. Thorpe Myst. Backwoods 131 (Bartl.) I will walk tall into varmint and Indian.

1860 W. M. Thackeray De Finibus in Roundabout Papers (1862) 282 The sin of grandiloquence, or tall-talking.

1869 H. B. Stowe Oldtown Folks vi. 72 I 'm 'mazing proud on 't. I tell you I walk tall.

1970 Guardian 3 June 20/6 Officials gave the doctors folders entitled, ‘Walk Tall in Australia’.

1970 Guardian 6 Aug. 9/1 Walk tall, sisters... One woman's distinction adds a tiny bit to the stature of every other woman.

1976 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 6 July 3 d/6 ‘We need to sit tall in the saddle and ride like hell in the right direction,’ the governor added.

1980 Times 15 Feb. 16/8 ‘Walk tall,’ say the television commercials [in Hongkong], ‘report corruption.’

单词	tall-talking
释义	> as lemmas tall-talking In a tall manner; elatedly, proudly; to walk tall, to carry one's head high; to have dignity or self-respect; to sit tall, to sit erect, with a straight back (in quot. figurative). Also in combinations, as tall-talking. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > proper pride or self-respect > retain one's self-respect [verb (intransitive)] to hold up one's head1553 to walk tall1846 to live with oneself1962 the world > space > relative position > posture > assume or hold a posture [verb (intransitive)] > hold body in a posture > with head held high to walk tall1846 the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of sitting > be sitting or seated [verb (intransitive)] > upright to sit upa1535 to sit up1848 to sit up like Jacky1918 to sit tall1976 1846 T. B. Thorpe Myst. Backwoods 131 (Bartl.) I will walk tall into varmint and Indian. 1860 W. M. Thackeray De Finibus in Roundabout Papers (1862) 282 The sin of grandiloquence, or tall-talking. 1869 H. B. Stowe Oldtown Folks vi. 72 I 'm 'mazing proud on 't. I tell you I walk tall. 1970 Guardian 3 June 20/6 Officials gave the doctors folders entitled, ‘Walk Tall in Australia’. 1970 Guardian 6 Aug. 9/1 Walk tall, sisters... One woman's distinction adds a tiny bit to the stature of every other woman. 1976 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 6 July 3 d/6 ‘We need to sit tall in the saddle and ride like hell in the right direction,’ the governor added. 1980 Times 15 Feb. 16/8 ‘Walk tall,’ say the television commercials [in Hongkong], ‘report corruption.’ extracted from talladj.n.adv. < as lemmas
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