stand-offish
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++stand-of·fish, standoffish /ˌstænd ˈɒfɪʃ $ -ˈɒːf-/ adjective informal PROUDrather unfriendly and formal 不友好的；冷淡的 SYN aloof She was cold and stand-offish. 她态度冷漠，不甚友好。 —stand-offishly adverb —stand-offishness noun [uncountable]
Examples from the Corpus
stand-offish• We sociologists have had good reason to be stand-offish.• You're not so stand-offish after all.• Without wishing to be over-familiar but not to be stand-offish either, I put one hand on her shoulder.• Would he think her very rude and stand-offish now?• Many may interpret such a self-centred approach as selfish or stand-offish - that is too bad.stand-of·fish adjectiveChineseSyllable
and rather formal unfriendly Corpus
stand-offish
stand-of‧fish
, standoffish /ˌstænd ˈɒfɪʃ $ -ˈɒːf-/ adjective informal
rather unfriendly and formal
SYN aloof:
She was cold and stand-offish.
—stand-offishly adverb
—stand-offishness noun [uncountable]
stand-of‧fish
, standoffish /ˌstænd ˈɒfɪʃ $ -ˈɒːf-/ adjective informalrather unfriendly and formal
SYN aloof:
—stand-offishly adverb
—stand-offishness noun [uncountable]