stuffed shirt
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˌstuffed ˈshirt noun [countable] informal SERIOUS PERSONsomeone who behaves in a very formal way and thinks that they are important 神气十足的人,妄自尊大的人
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stuffed shirt• Marcus was a true intellectual stuffed shirt.• Modigliani clearly felt no empathy towards the stuffed shirt towering above his wife.ˌstuffed ˈshirt nounChineseSyllable
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stuffed shirt
ˌstuffed ˈshirt
noun [countable] informal
someone who behaves in a very formal way and thinks that they are important
ˌstuffed ˈshirt
noun [countable] informalsomeone who behaves in a very formal way and thinks that they are important