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单词 po-faced
释义

po-faced

(poʊ feɪst)
adjective
If you describe someone as po-faced, you think that they are being unnecessarily serious about something.
[British, disapproval]
Coltrane took a rather po-faced view of this.
Synonyms: humourless, disapproving, solemn, prim More Synonyms of po-faced

po-faced in British English

adjective
(of a person) wearing a disapproving stern expression
Word origin
C20: possibly from po + poker-faced

po-faced in American English

(ˈpoʊˌfeɪst)
adjective British, Informal
1. 
expressionless; impassive
2. 
stern, smug, etc.
Word origin
< ? po (= chamber pot) + face verb transitive; by analogy with

Examples of 'po-faced' in a sentence
po-faced

The woman in the bookshop certainly seems rather po-faced.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
 Getting po-faced about iconic images would not help.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
All this po-faced hand-wringing is rather missing the point.
The Sun (2011)
She looks a bit po-faced.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Still, it does not pay to get too po-faced about this because then we miss the fun.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Life is too short to get all po-faced about athletes using Tinder or getting together for a roll in the snow.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
That makes it sound so po-faced and worthy that I can feel a yawn overpowering me.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Did I really need to be so po-faced and serious?
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
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