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单词 poser
释义
poserpos‧er /ˈpəʊzə $ ˈpoʊzər/ noun [countable] informal Word Origin
WORD ORIGINposeur
Origin:
1800-1900 French poser; POSE1
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Did you hear him going on about his Porsches? What a poser!
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • But now Leeds skipper Lucas Radebe has raised what he believes to be an equally pertinent poser.
  • Fergie may well have bought a cut diamond at cut price but how he fits in remains a poser.
  • Has your paper no more subtle posers, Doctor?
  • I love having my photograph taken, in fact I am a real poser!
  • I put this poser to him, though in a more tactful way, you understand.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorsomeone who shows off
someone who is always doing or saying things in order to make other people admire them - use this especially when you disapprove of this behaviour: · Dave can be a real show-off at times.· You have to be a bit of a show-off to be an actor.
someone who publicly behaves in a way in which most people would usually only behave in private, in order to attract attention: · I've always liked singing for an audience -- I guess I'm just an exhibitionist.· Most of the dresses in the show are unwearable, unless you're an exhibitionist.
British spoken someone who behaves in a way that they think will make them seem clever, fashionable, or well-educated, even when they are not - used especially humorously: · Did you hear him going on about his Porsches? What a poser!
1 British English (also po‧seur /pəʊˈzɜː $ poʊˈzɜːr/) someone who pretends to have a quality or social position they do not really have, usually in order to make people notice or admire them:  You meet a lot of posers in this job.2a difficult question:  That’s a real poser.
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