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adj.
好夸耀的,炫耀的
(态度)自负的
讲排场的,铺张的
外观美丽的,浮华的
os·ten·ta·tious
a stn teI shs
比较级:more ostentatious
最高级:most ostentatious
ostentatiously (adv.)
词根:ostentation
adv.ostentatiously 招摇地;铺张地;炫耀地
n.ostentation 卖弄;虚饰;虚有其表
adjective
done or designed with the intention of impressing others and consequently overly showy or grandiose; pretentious.The young millionaire enjoyed his ostentatious display of wealth.His second wife found the mansion ostentatious and desired a simpler home.
1701年,“以虚荣或骄傲为特征的展示或表演”; 1713年,“华丽的,艳丽的,旨在炫耀的”,源自 ostentation 和 -ous。早期类似意义的词语有 ostentative(约1600年); ostentive(1590年代); ostentous(1620年代)。相关词语: Ostentatiously; ostentatiousness(1650年代)。
see ostentation
The first known use of ostentatious was in 1590
osteoarthritisnoun
arthritis marked by the breakdown of cartilage and bone of joints
ostentatiousadjective
fond of or showing ostentation
ostentatiousadjective
fond of or showing ostentation
1 So it alludes to a certain vein of ostentatious, macho car culture.
2 In other words, it’s the same well-dressed, ostentatious crowd that goes to Bagatelle and RdV — not surprising, since it’s also the same owners.
3 The rapper Black Thought was technically ostentatious and impressive, though melodically flat.
4 This year, those ostentatious displays will take a back seat to social responsibility.
今年,这些摆阔和炫耀将让位于社会责任的话题。
5 A flaring aluminium shell, constructed with boat-building technology, the amorphous roof wraps around the old car factory with a brash radiator grill façade, perfectly embodying the ostentatious brand.
6 And the ones who do probably find JoJo’s bows a little ostentatious.
7 But the most ostentatious was saved for the last pair.
8 Texans like me brag about all sorts of outlandish things, from the ostentatious display of our firearms in public places to the awesome awfulness of our weather.
9 Ruschmeyer’s luxury is not the ostentatious kind, but for those who enjoy a particular brand of summertime nostalgia and an easy in to the party du jour, it can be worth the price.
10 In a world where specialist companies are now organising ostentatious high-school prom proposals – no, really – weddings still take the cake for ridiculous stunts.
11 However, for a few people, keeping pets is an ostentatious display of their wealth.
然而,对某些人而言,饲养宠物只是炫耀财富的一种手段。
12 The opening section, for three women and two men, is a black-and-white affair that offsets hyperextension and some rhythmic panache with flat-footed walking and other ostentatious casualness.
13 This, it became clear, was a society in which traditional moral sanctions had broken down and in which the ostentatious wealth of the "Celtic tiger" years proved no more than a hollow sham.
14 And they helped to popularize them through their music and their ostentatious embrace of logos.
15 All three children were wunderkinds, but Thile stood out for his chutzpah and ostentatious talent.
16 Now that I had a chance to think about it, the Whitechapel Club’s decorations struck me as ostentatious and overdone as the false medals of a military imposter.
17 In portraits, on official state visits, after services at Westminster Abbey, the pearls were there: formal but not fancy, lustrous in glow but not ostentatious in sparkle.
18 ...his house, which, however elaborate, is less ostentatious than the preserves of other Dallas tycoons.
他的那所尽管装饰精致、但并不及达拉斯其他大亨的私宅那样奢华的房子
19 The suspect might turn to his brief for advice, allowing us to enjoy "Duty Solicitor's No" – consisting of pursed lips, knitted brow and an ostentatious shake of the head.
20 “This Christmas Day,” produced by David Foster, is ostentatious, maximalist, overdecorated.
3 讲排场
4 夸耀
5 炫示的
6 虚饰
fastuous flash colored painted vain flashy pretentious chrome-plated meretricious put-on pretty-pretty stiltedly showily show dash gloss varnish veneer gilt pretense frill pomp pretension pageantry affectation ostentation gilding frippery gild coloured glossy gilded flamboyant tinsel fallalery display paint parade pageant pretence wangle peacockery affected showy tinselly puppetry vainglory veneering frounce
8 招摇的
9 显眼的
10 夸示
epideictic blazonment show display parade flaunt show-off bravura blazon flourish air sport flash strut make a show of showy splurge ostentation flare panache flaunty tigerism showboat disport
11 惹人注目的
12 卖弄的
13 自负的
self-affected flatuous secure vain strut pragmatic pretentious pompous conceited boastful overconfident chesty flatulent overweening self-assertive priggish self-opinionated vapouring thrasonical
14 炫耀的
fastuous flamboyant dashing pyrotechnic splashy doggish dashy jazzy swanky loud pretentious overblown pompous dicty conspicuous flash doggy gaudy swank peacockish trophy fine blatant glaring grandstand showy glitzy hotshot flaunty
15 夸示的
16 炫示
17 夸张
camp theatrical exaggerated inflated overblown hyperbolic high-sounding overinflated exaggeration hyperbole theatricality exaggerate magnify overdo overstate dramatize blow up pile on
18 卖弄
splurge ostentation make a parade of air flamboyant swanky posey swank showboating flaunt show off showboat grandstanding exhibit
19 虚饰的
fastuous flash colored painted vain flashy pretentious chrome-plated meretricious put-on pretty-pretty coloured glossy gilded flamboyant tinsel affected showy tinselly
20 华丽
smart grand fancy gay brave glorious splendid sporty baroque posh flamboyant jazzy flowery pompous garish primrose rococo ritzy chichi nobby richly gaily flare bravery pomp swank pizzazz
21 铺张的
22 自负
self-affected flatuous secure vain strut pragmatic pretentious pompous conceited boastful overconfident chesty flatulent overweening self-assertive priggish self-opinionated vapouring thrasonical vainly vauntingly priggism boast inflation ego vanity perch conceit sufficiency pragmatism pretension self-love flatulence overconfidence vainglory vaunt pomposity self-assertion self-conceit tympany self-pride self-glorification amour-propre priggery flatulency vainness egotize swell bloat preen blow swollen cranium
23 浮华
glitzy glitz tinsel glossy flash flashy dashing pompous artsy foppish doggish buckish euphuistic dashy puppy vanity pomp
26 华丽的
smart grand fancy gay brave glorious splendid sporty baroque posh flamboyant jazzy flowery pompous garish primrose rococo ritzy chichi nobby
27 炫耀
fastuous flamboyant dashing pyrotechnic splashy doggish dashy vainly show display splurge flaunt pretense pizzazz show-off pretentiousness pyrotechnics peacockery flourish swank air sport parade make a show of cut a swath boast of boast about conspicuous pretentious conspicuously ostentatiously obtrusively flash showmanship ostentation showing-off doggy gaudy peacockish dash blaze refulgence prank showboat make a display of come it over trophy grandstanding affect pose flash around show off fine blatant glaring grandstand showy glitzy hotshot flaunty gaudery fofarraw spread demonstration splash strut glare pageant fanfare brandish panache affectation pomposity frippery ritz foofaraw frounce tigerism peacock gam flare plume strut stuff