sniffy

英 ['snɪfi] 美 ['snɪfi]

• adj. 嗤之以鼻的；自命不凡的

英英释义

Adjective:

1. having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy;

   "some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines"
   "haughty aristocrats"
   "his lordly manners were offensive"
   "walked with a prideful swagger"
   "very sniffy about breaches of etiquette"
   "his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air"
   "a more swaggering mood than usual"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. Mr Minghella's film has received sniffy, indeed somewhat snobbish reviews in Britain.
   明格拉先生的电影已经在英国受到嗤之以鼻，事实上有点势利的批评。
2. Harry used the threat of magic spells to get rid of the sniffy Dudley Dursley.
   哈利假装要使用魔咒，叫不识趣的达力滚蛋。

近反义词

【近义词】

• disdainful 鄙视的
• haughty 傲慢的
• supercilious 目中无人的
• contemptuous 轻视的
• scornful 轻蔑的
• snooty 傲慢的
• superior 上级
• stuck-up 自大的
• proud 自豪的
• arrogant 傲慢的
• swaggering 动词swagger的现在...
• lordly 高傲的
• imperious 傲慢的
• overbearing 傲慢的
• prideful 自傲的