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stuck-up

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˌstuck-ˈup adjective informal  PROUDproud and unfriendly because you think you are better and more important than other people – used to show disapproval 傲慢的,自以为了不起的 〔含贬义〕 SYN snooty His wife was a bit stuck-up. 他的妻子有点自以为是。
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stuck-upWe thought his wife was stuck-up.I can't stand her - she's so stuck-up.The children who go to that school are a bit stuck-up.The irony was that those who had observed it had considered her spoiled and stuck-up.She liked to show a matey interest in things, be one of the boys, prove she wasn't stuck-up and so on.Too stuck-up, considering what she was.the spoiled, stuck-up daughter of a millionairea pompous, stuck-up little manTanya is so stuck-up. She won't go out with anyone who went to a state college.Daughter Amanda is more stuck-up than a chimney sweep's brush.
ˌstuck-ˈup adjectiveChineseSyllable
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stuck-up
ˌstuck-ˈup adjective informal
proud and unfriendly because you think you are better and more important than other people – used to show disapproval
   SYN  snooty:
    His wife was a bit stuck-up.


stuck-upBrE /ˌstʌk ˈʌp/ 🔊NAmE /ˌstʌk ˈʌp/ 🔊 adjective (informal, disapproving) thinking that you are more important than other people and behaving in an unfriendly way towards them 自命不凡的;趾高气扬的 SYN snobbish