英语词汇“la-di-da”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	la-di-da
释义	la-di-da I. intransitive verb also la-de-da or la-di-dah \\|lädē\|dä\ (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: perhaps alteration of lardy-dardy, adjective : to speak or act in a la-di-da manner : behave in an affectedly refined or elegant manner II. noun also la-de-da or la-di-dah \“\; or lah-di-dah \“\ (-s) 1. : a person who affects gentility or elegance : a pretentious imitator of cultivated speech or manners 2. : behavior characteristic of a la-di-da : affected gentility or gentility so exaggerated as to seem affected : genteelness; especially : an exaggeratedly genteel accent or a mincing prissiness of expression < with your car and your la-di-da and Honorable and all the rest of it — Nigel Balchin > < the soldier's blasphemy takes the curse off the aesthete's la-di-da — J.W.Beach > III. adjective also la-de-da or la-di-dah or lah-di-dah \“\ 1. : characteristic of a la-di-da : affectedly refined or polished : exaggeratedly upper-class in speech and manners : genteel < with their gentlemen's voices and la-di-da manners — C.S.Forester > < the exotic and inscrutable Chinese … is no more true to life than the la-di-da Englishman — Owen Lattimore > < complaints against the la-de-da pronunciation of some of their hirelings — H.L.Mencken > 2. a. : highfalutin, pretentious < collecting and drinking wine … a dandy hobby, if the vocabulary weren't so la-di-da — Clifton Fadiman > b. : mincing, sissified < a la-di-da book about men's clothes — G.T.Hellman > 3. : characteristic of the world of fashion and wealth : elegant, high-toned, stylish < the la-di-da doings of high society — J.P.O'Donnell > : extravagant, lavish < la-de-da parties and glamour girls — Time >
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