| 释义 | 
		high-flownˌhigh-ˈflown adjective    - Clark never developed high-flown ideas about saving the world.
 
 - And Jack, her husband, had had some high-flown notion of dedicating the lad to the cause.
 - Besides, none of them had any sense of humour and I ruined many a high-flown discussion by making jokes.
 - I should know by now that heavy drinkers are awfully fond of high-flown rationalisations for any brief spell of abstinence.
 - Such a description might sound high-flown for a small, transitory occasion.
 
    high-flown language sounds impressive but does not have much real meaning  |