哥特风格gothic（hoity-toity大模大样的自命不凡的）

哥特风格gothic（hoity-toity大模大样的自命不凡的）The guidance counselor emphasized that students do not need to go to a hoity-toity college to achieve success.ExamplesWhat It MeansHoity-toity means "pretentious fancy or pompous."Hoity-toity 的意思是“自命不凡的、自以为是的或自负的”。

Word of the Day : November 30 2021

hoity-toity

大模大样的；自命不凡的

adjective hoy-tee-TOY-tee

What It Means

Hoity-toity means "pretentious fancy or pompous."

Hoity-toity 的意思是“自命不凡的、自以为是的或自负的”。

Examples

The guidance counselor emphasized that students do not need to go to a hoity-toity college to achieve success.

辅导员强调说，学生不需要去一所自命不凡的大学去取得成功。

"[Daniel Heider] says his post-high-school years were difficult. … 'I felt like I was at a disadvantage because everybody in DC is interning with a great congressman or is going to law school or is going to med school and everybody's super hoity-toity and super important….'" — The Washingtonian April 2021

丹尼尔·海德(Daniel Heider)说，他高中毕业后的日子很艰难。“我觉得自己处于劣势，因为华盛顿特区的每个人都在一位伟大的国会议员那实习，或者要去法学院，或者要去医学院，每个人都超级自负，非常重要的……

Did You Know?

Hoity-toity is believed to have been created as a rhyme based on the dialectal English word hoit meaning "to play the fool." Hoity-toity can mean "foolish" (e.g. "… as though it were very hoity-toity of me not to know that royal personage." — W. Somerset Maugham The Razor’s Edge) but it is most often used to mean "pretentious."

Hoity-toity 被认为是根据英语方言词 hoit 的押韵创建的，意思是“to play the fool「装傻」”。 Hoity-toity 可能意味着“foolish「愚蠢」”（例如，“……as though it were very hoity-toity of me not to know that royal personage.”- W. Somerset Maugham，The Razor's Edge），但它最常用于表示 “pretentious「自命不凡」。”

Quiz

Fill in the blanks to complete an adjective meaning "displaying wealth knowledge etc. in a way that is meant to attract attention admiration or envy": o _t _ n _ _ t _ _ _ s.

ostentatious