snob
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++snob /snɒb $ snɑːb/ ●○○ noun [countable] 1 PROUDsomeone who thinks they are better than people from a lower social class – used to show disapproval 势利的人〔含贬义〕 Stop being such a snob. 别这么势利眼。 I don’t want to sound like a snob, but I thought she was vulgar. 我不想像个势利小人，但我觉得她就是庸俗。2 PROUDsomeone who thinks they are better than other people because they know more about something – used to show disapproval 自以为学识渊博的人，自命不凡的人〔含贬义〕 a bunch of intellectual snobs 一群自命不凡的知识分子music/wine snob 因为懂音乐/会品葡萄酒而自命不凡的人3 snob value/appeal British EnglishPROUD something that has snob value is liked by people who think they are better than other people 满足虚荣心的价值/吸引力 That kind of car has real snob appeal. 那种汽车很合贪慕虚荣者的口味。
Examples from the Corpus
snob• Since going to university he'd become a snob, embarrassed of his family.• And I had to say yes, because I didn't want to be called a snob too.• I don't want to sound like a snob, but I found the decor vulgar.• Warren is from an upper middleclass Connecticut family; he's a bit of a snob.• I don't want to sound a snob but I thought it vulgar.• My mother was such a snob she wouldn't let me play with the local children.• Perhaps it's mountain snobbery to wish to avoid such a crowd, and if so then I am a mountain snob.• They're just a bunch of snobs - you wouldn't want to be friends with them anyway.• It has all of the requisite sand, surf, sun, snobs and sin to go along with its saucy swimwear.• She did not want to cultivate the snob image.• The overall results were even worse than that, at least for Europhiles and wine snobs everywhere.• Ronald McDonald is wearing a suit and one of the oldest vineyards in Napa is making fun of wine snobs.music/wine snob• The overall results were even worse than that, at least for Europhiles and wine snobs everywhere.• Ronald McDonald is wearing a suit and one of the oldest vineyards in Napa is making fun of wine snobs.Origin snob (1800-1900) snob “shoemaker, person of low social rank” ((18-19 centuries))snob nounChinese
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snob
snob /snɒb $ snɑːb/
noun [countable]
Stop being such a snob.
I don’t want to sound like a snob, but I thought she was vulgar.
2. someone who thinks they are better than other people because they know more about something – used to show disapproval:
a bunch of intellectual snobs
music/wine snob
3. snob value/appeal British English something that has snob value is liked by people who think they are better than other people:
That kind of car has real snob appeal.
snob /snɒb $ snɑːb/
noun [countable] Date: 1800-1900
Origin: snob 'shoemaker, person of low social rank' (18-19 centuries)
1. someone who thinks they are better than people from a lower social class – used to show disapproval:Origin: snob 'shoemaker, person of low social rank' (18-19 centuries)
2. someone who thinks they are better than other people because they know more about something – used to show disapproval:
music/wine snob
3. snob value/appeal British English something that has snob value is liked by people who think they are better than other people: