| 单词 | stuffed shirt |
| 释义 | stuffed shirtSEE SYNONYMS FOR stuffed shirt ON THESAURUS.COM nouna pompous, self-satisfied, and inflexible person. Origin of stuffed shirtAn Americanism dating back to 1910–15 Words nearby stuffed shirtstudy group, study hall, stuff, stuff and nonsense, stuffed, stuffed shirt, stuffer, stuff gown, stuffing, stuffing and stripping, stuffing box Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for stuffed shirtstuffed shirt nouninformal a pompous or formal person Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with stuffed shirtstuffed shirt An overly formal or pompous person, as in She's such a stuffed shirt that I'm surprised you'd invite her to a barbecue. This expression alludes to a shirt filled with paper (instead of a real person). [c. 1900] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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