| 释义 |
Definition of tinhorn in English: tinhornnoun ˈtɪnhɔːnˈtɪnhɔrn North American informal A person who pretends to have money, influence, or ability. 〈美，非正式〉徒有虚名（或虚张声势）的人；假阔佬 the camaraderie among tinhorns and crooks as modifier tinhorn sharpers Example sentencesExamples - After Urban Cowboy came out even here in Texas we endured several years of overdone, tinhorn headgear.
- Trapped on the other side of the country aboard Air Force One, the President has lost his cool: ‘If some tinhorn terrorist wants me, tell him to come and get me!’
- He is no conservative, he's a crackpot - a tinhorn autocrat who has mistaken totalitarianism for conservatism.
- Other letters offer versions of a common logical fallacy: because Hitler had small beginnings, any tinhorn fanatic is likely to become a Hitler… when in fact most will not (and it is problematic to identify which if any might).
- But the larger, more frightening meaning of his statement is that in order to rid the world of a tinhorn dictator who posed no credible threat to the United States, it was just dandy to lie to the people.
Synonyms poor-quality, second-rate, third-rate, substandard, low-grade, inferior, common, vulgar, shoddy, trashy, rubbishy, tawdry, tinny, brassy, worthless, meretricious, cheap and nasty, cheapjack, gimcrack, brummagem, pinchbeck
Definition of tinhorn in US English: tinhornnounˈtinhôrnˈtɪnhɔrn North American informal A contemptible person, especially one pretending to have money, influence, or ability. 〈美，非正式〉徒有虚名（或虚张声势）的人；假阔佬 as modifier tinhorn politicians he portrayed Wyatt Earp as a narcissistic tinhorn Example sentencesExamples - Other letters offer versions of a common logical fallacy: because Hitler had small beginnings, any tinhorn fanatic is likely to become a Hitler… when in fact most will not (and it is problematic to identify which if any might).
- He is no conservative, he's a crackpot - a tinhorn autocrat who has mistaken totalitarianism for conservatism.
- But the larger, more frightening meaning of his statement is that in order to rid the world of a tinhorn dictator who posed no credible threat to the United States, it was just dandy to lie to the people.
- Trapped on the other side of the country aboard Air Force One, the President has lost his cool: ‘If some tinhorn terrorist wants me, tell him to come and get me!’
- After Urban Cowboy came out even here in Texas we endured several years of overdone, tinhorn headgear.
Synonyms poor-quality, second-rate, third-rate, substandard, low-grade, inferior, common, vulgar, shoddy, trashy, rubbishy, tawdry, tinny, brassy, worthless, meretricious, cheap and nasty, cheapjack, gimcrack, brummagem, pinchbeck
|