conceit

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con·ceit /kənˈsiːt/ noun  1  [uncountable]PROUD an attitude that shows you have too high an opinion of your own abilities or importance 自负，自高自大 SYN conceitedness The conceit of the woman! 这个自负的女人！2  [countable]AL technical an unusual way of showing or describing something in a play, film, work of art etc 〔戏剧、电影、艺术作品等中〕别出心裁的比喻 His sermons were full of puns and conceits. 他的布道用了大量的双关语和巧妙比喻。

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conceit• The boar with a flower in his mouth is just a conceit and an obsession.• After scoring the winning goal he almost danced along the road in his satisfaction and conceit.• What colossal conceit, what sheer hubris, in the idea that he could have both!• The movie's design conceit uses color for the dream, and black and white for the real world.• From their callous hearts comes iniquity; the evil conceits of their minds know no limits.• I got so sick of his conceit that I threw the damn trophy out.• More literary games, but here intellectual conceits are mixed with bawdy farce.• Had Gabriel publicly insulted him in his cups one night in the Raven, fatally offending that pompous conceit?• His personal defects are a somewhat hostile reserve, conceit, and a narrow outlook...• It sounds like the conceit of a Disney movie.• His own marriage was a disastrous threat to this conceit of mastery.Origin conceit (1600-1700) conceit “thought, opinion” ((14-19 centuries)), from conceive, on the model of deceive, deceit

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conceit
con‧ceit /kənˈsiːt/ noun1. [uncountable] an attitude that shows you have too high an opinion of your own abilities or importance
   SYN  conceitedness:
    The conceit of the woman!
2. [countable] technical an unusual way of showing or describing something in a play, film, work of art etc:
    His sermons were full of puns and conceits.

con·ceitBrE /kənˈsiːt/ 🔊NAmE /kənˈsiːt/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (disapproving) too much pride in yourself and what you do 自负；骄傲自大 [countable] (formal) an artistic effect or device, especially one that is very clever or tries to be very clever but does not succeed 别出心裁但不实用的效果；巧妙但不实用的东西◆The ill-advised conceit of the guardian angel dooms the film from the start. 对守护天使的蹩脚设计弄巧成拙，从一开始就注定这部电影要失败。🔊🔊 [countable] (specialist) a clever expression in writing or speech that involves a comparison between two things 巧妙的言辞；别出心裁的比喻 SYN metaphor ◆The idea of the wind singing is a romantic conceit. 风儿在唱歌这一巧妙的比喻很有浪漫色彩。🔊🔊