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词汇 stuck-up
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Definition of stuck-up in English:

stuck-up

adjective stʌkˈʌpˈˌstək ˈəp
informal
  • Staying aloof from others because one thinks one is superior.

    〈非正式〉高傲自大的,自命不凡的

    ‘Stuck-up snob,’ Grandpa used to whisper
    she liked to prove she wasn't stuck-up
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She looked haughty and stuck-up, her face disdainful as she looked down at me.
    • We're a bunch of stuck-up Poms who fancy our chances.
    • Couldn't they see he was a rich, snobby, stuck-up scum?
    • He was another of the horrible rich types that are so stuck-up and snobbish that they only care about themselves.
    • She was only fifty-six and was stuck-up, snobby and prissy and disliked most everyone in the group.
    • ‘Kids had boards that were monsters, nine feet tall, and the judges were real stuck-up,’ he said.
    • And with the stuck-up snobs corralled up on the third floor landing, I skipped my way down the stairs, almost singing to myself.
    • Nate is just a stuck-up, snobby, jerk, who only likes all those popular cheerleading type girls.
    • Hunter was confident, so much so that a lot of people thought he was a stuck-up snob.
    • When it comes to self-confidence, we're not talking about being stuck-up or assuming you're always in the right.
    • She was considered by most to be a quiet, stuck-up snob.
    • I'm not stereotyping you as a stuffy, stuck-up, arrogant noble or anything.
    • She was stuck-up, snobby; there was no other word for it.
    • We called them stuck-up snobs, and they called us lowdown hicks.
    • Rene replied with a look that was much more disdainful and stuck-up than she had intended, and walked quickly out the door.
    • Forget the image of stuck-up snobs looking down their noses at the novice.
    • It's great you won a prize - as long as you're not acting stuck-up, boasting about it or hanging with the teacher.
    • But the stupid image has one scary point, besides looking too stuck-up.
    • They always gave that stuck-up, snooty look to old technical teachers like me.
    • So of course, everyone on the O'Neil side is under the impression the I'm a stuck-up snob who wants nothing to do with them.
    Synonyms
    conceited, proud, arrogant, haughty, condescending, disdainful, patronizing, snobbish, snobby, supercilious, imperious, above oneself, self-important, overweening, lordly
    informal high and mighty, snooty, uppity, uppish, big-headed, swollen-headed, hoity-toity, la-di-da, too big for one's boots
    British informal toffee-nosed, posh
    literary vainglorious

Rhymes

cup, grown-up, pup, scup, straight-up, summing-up, sup, totting-up, two-up, up, washing-up

Definition of stuck-up in US English:

stuck-up

adjectiveˈˌstək ˈəpˈˌstək ˈəp
informal
  • Staying aloof from others because one thinks one is superior.

    〈非正式〉高傲自大的,自命不凡的

    “Stuck-up snob,” Grandpa used to whisper
    she liked to prove she wasn't stuck-up
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It's great you won a prize - as long as you're not acting stuck-up, boasting about it or hanging with the teacher.
    • We're a bunch of stuck-up Poms who fancy our chances.
    • She was considered by most to be a quiet, stuck-up snob.
    • Forget the image of stuck-up snobs looking down their noses at the novice.
    • Couldn't they see he was a rich, snobby, stuck-up scum?
    • When it comes to self-confidence, we're not talking about being stuck-up or assuming you're always in the right.
    • Nate is just a stuck-up, snobby, jerk, who only likes all those popular cheerleading type girls.
    • They always gave that stuck-up, snooty look to old technical teachers like me.
    • Rene replied with a look that was much more disdainful and stuck-up than she had intended, and walked quickly out the door.
    • And with the stuck-up snobs corralled up on the third floor landing, I skipped my way down the stairs, almost singing to myself.
    • But the stupid image has one scary point, besides looking too stuck-up.
    • Hunter was confident, so much so that a lot of people thought he was a stuck-up snob.
    • ‘Kids had boards that were monsters, nine feet tall, and the judges were real stuck-up,’ he said.
    • So of course, everyone on the O'Neil side is under the impression the I'm a stuck-up snob who wants nothing to do with them.
    • We called them stuck-up snobs, and they called us lowdown hicks.
    • She was only fifty-six and was stuck-up, snobby and prissy and disliked most everyone in the group.
    • I'm not stereotyping you as a stuffy, stuck-up, arrogant noble or anything.
    • He was another of the horrible rich types that are so stuck-up and snobbish that they only care about themselves.
    • She looked haughty and stuck-up, her face disdainful as she looked down at me.
    • She was stuck-up, snobby; there was no other word for it.
    Synonyms
    conceited, proud, arrogant, haughty, condescending, disdainful, patronizing, snobbish, snobby, supercilious, imperious, above oneself, self-important, overweening, lordly
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