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toffee-nosed

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˈtoffee-ˌnosed adjective British English informal  PROUDa toffee-nosed person thinks that they are better than other people because of their social position – used to show disapproval 势利的;好摆架子的,自命不凡的〔含贬义〕
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toffee-nosedI thought he was a very toffee-nosed man, a good draughtsman in a commercial sort of way, very accurate of course.
ˈtoffee-ˌnosed adjectiveChineseSyllable
thinks they a better other Corpus person toffee-nosed that are than


toffee-nosed
ˈtoffee-ˌnosed adjective British English informal
a toffee-nosed person thinks that they are better than other people because of their social position – used to show disapproval


toffee-nosedBrE /ˈtɒfi nəʊzd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈtɔːfi noʊzd/ 🔊, /ˈtɑːfi noʊzd/ 🔊 adjective (old-fashioned, BrE, informal) behaving as if you are better than other people, especially those of a lower social class 势利眼的;妄自尊大的;目空一切的 SYN snobbish