| 单词 | with one's head in the air |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswith one's head in the air a. with one's head in the air and variants. Cf. head-in-air adj. extracted from headn.1 (a) With an air of superiority, haughtiness, or self-importance. Cf. to hold one's head high at hold v. 30a, with one's nose in the air at nose n. Phrases 3g. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > pretension to superiority > [adverb] fastuously1654 pensily1725 with one's head in the air1788 pretentiously1848 uppishly1911 snottily1927 snootily1940 1788 R. Cumberland Observer IV. xcvii. 38 If he carries his head in the air here, and expects the crowd to make way for him, he will soon run foul of somebody that will make him repent of his stateliness. 1830 E. Bulwer-Lytton Paul Clifford I. iv. 56 He trundled his cart with his head in the air, and one day gave the very beadle of the parish ‘the cut direct’. 1883 Work & Leisure Dec. 398 It is not the woman who goes about with her head in the air, saying, ‘Look at me, what a superior person I am!’ who is the most respected or well-beloved member of society. 1913 M. Saunders Pussy Black-face xiv. 245 I did wish she would stop, but she had her head in the air, she saw only her own glorified self, and sailed on and on. 2007 D. D. Birch Shattered Souls i. 14 She was the sophisticated, prissy type... You know, the type who always has her head in the air. (b) In a dreamy, impractical, or unworldly manner. Cf. to have one's head in the clouds at Phrases 3c. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > daydream or reverie > [adverb] > in dreamlike manner with one's head in the air1890 surreally1982 1890 A. Lang Red Fairy Bk. 1 He was always called the Star Gazer, because when he drove his cows over the commons.., he went along with his head in the air, gaping at nothing. 1924 W. Orpen Stories Old Ireland & Myself ix. 80 You ran the chance of seeing W. B. Y. in the streets, walking along with his head in the air, his thoughts blinding him to the sight of you. 1994 P. Vander Waerdt Socratic Movement ii. 53 Socrates recounts..how he undertook to recover from his Aristophanic reputation as an idle chatterer with his head in the air. < as lemmas |
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