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high-flown

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˌhigh-ˈflown adjective  IMPRESShigh-flown language sounds impressive but does not have much real meaning 〔言辞〕浮夸的,空洞的
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high-flownBesides, none of them had any sense of humour and I ruined many a high-flown discussion by making jokes.Such a description might sound high-flown for a small, transitory occasion.Clark never developed high-flown ideas about saving the world.And Jack, her husband, had had some high-flown notion of dedicating the lad to the cause.I should know by now that heavy drinkers are awfully fond of high-flown rationalisations for any brief spell of abstinence.
ˌhigh-ˈflown adjectiveChineseSyllable
sounds high-flown not impressive does but Corpus have language


high-flown
ˌhigh-ˈflown adjective
high-flown language sounds impressive but does not have much real meaning


high-flownBrE /ˌhaɪ ˈfləʊn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌhaɪ ˈfloʊn/ 🔊 adjective (usually disapproving) (of language and ideas 语言和思想) very grand and complicated 浮夸的;故弄玄虚的;说大话的 SYN bombastic His high-flown style just sounds absurd today. 他的浮夸风格如今听起来真是荒谬。🔊🔊