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swank·y
swaeng ki
比较级:swankier
最高级:swankiest
swankily (adv.), swankiness (n.)
词根:swank
adj.swank 爱打扮的,华丽的
n.swank 出风头;虚张声势
vi.swank 炫耀;出风头
verb
intransitive verb
show off, swaggeralso: boast sense 1
adjective (1)
full of life or energy : active
adjective (2)
characterized by showy display : ostentatious
a swank limousine
fashionably elegant : smart
a swank restaurant
noun
arrogance or ostentation of dress or manner : pretentiousness, swagger
elegance, fashionableness
"气势磅礴的,时髦的",1842年,来自 swank + -y (2)。相关词汇: swankiness。
Verb perhaps akin to Middle High German swanken to sway; akin to Middle Dutch swanc supple Adjective (1) Middle Low German or Middle Dutch swanc supple; akin to Old High German swingan to swing
The first known use of swank was in 1708
swank1 of 3verb
show off sense 2, swagger
swank2 of 3noun
showy display or pride in dress or manners
elegance sense 2
swank3 of 3adjective
marked by showy display : ostentatious
a swank limousine
fashionably elegant
a swank restaurant
1 And since said actor has just checked himself into a swanky rehab clinic, Leonard decides to fake a drug addiction and check himself in.
2 No one is quite what they seem in “The Lesson,” Alice Troughton’s winking literary mystery whose languid summer setting — a swanky estate in the English countryside — hides coldly destructive secrets.
3 Ours, however, though very nicely appointed in a traditional style, isn’t particularly swanky, and quite — there’s no other word for it — small.
4 It wanted to drive a swanky new avenue through the quaint streets, demolishing 1,600 houses, many of them decorated with original art nouveau tiles.
5 As the “upstairs” drama ends, confusion sets in there too — about the real motives of Pandora, and the contrivances that bring her from the slums into a swanky Manhattan high-rise.
6 The swanky salon setting is intentional — Beauty Bar's interior is modeled off the design of Paris Salon of Beauty, a late-1960s shop in Springfield, N.J.
7 And for some unabashed sybaritism, we offer a top-to-toe guide to Marrakesh, a playground so swanky it will knock your caftan off.
8 She even suggests Rose move into the swanky hotel suite Odalie calls home – an offer Rose is thrilled to accept.
9 Hastings owns the resort and spa where Morrison performed in the first of two nights in the hotel’s swanky ballroom, which was outfitted for the shows with three dozen white linen-draped tables for 10.
10 These days Mr. Blackwell is promoting another Jamaican staple, which greeted me as I entered my swanky beachfront cottage: Blackwell Rum.
11 With its Art Deco touches, two-story atrium, orchestra and dance floor, the Manhattan Room conjured a swanky 1930s supper club.
12 Perhaps unsurprisingly, she feels more at home river rafting and riding ATVs than she does flitting to swanky parties and trading blows with socialites.
13 Ms. Martin’s business grew out of her work at the Wright Fit, which designs and manages some of New York’s swankiest residential gyms.
14 It is arguable that an early 30s jazz band performing in swanky hotels to British high society would have sounded exactly like this, hampered as they would have been by the dictates of conservatism.
15 A few months prior, at a swanky luncheon thrown by Penguin, at Gramercy Tavern, Dicker spoke with the same disdain.
16 But this week, college students can set their burritos aside for something a bit swankier at some of Seattle’s top-tier restaurants — without totally breaking the bank.
17 Falling prices have come mostly from the penthouse or other swanky spots.
价格下调主要来自屋顶阁楼和黄金地段。
18 Just a year after sharing the screen in "Bridesmaids," the pair began sharing a swanky apartment in West Hollywood.
19 Jill and her swanky friends.
吉尔和她的那些爱出风头的朋友.
20 As the latter says on watching a swanky party to which she is, of course, not invited: “I was angry, yes. . . The real madness would have been if I had not been angry.”
1 爱炫耀的
5 自负
cock-a-hoop self-affected vauntful vogie self-opinioned huffish cockish grand confident vain assuming puffy stuffy pretentious overblown pompous pontifical vaunted conceited boastful overconfident self-assured self-important chesty ditzy cocksure flatulent priggish self-opinionated high-blown vaunty toplofty biggety big overconfidently self-trust self-assumption security wind confidence superior pride boast ego self-esteem self-confidence conceit pragmatism self-love flatulence overconfidence egoism self-assurance self-worth vainglory vaunt pomposity self-conceit tympany self-pride self-admiration self-opinion self-glory swell huff high-hat think penny silver be above oneself
6 华丽
fine loud gorgeous gay purple brave splendid sporty ornate posh sumptuous luscious glittering gallant opulent gilded doggy exuberant dressy flowery dashing glitzy resplendent swank luxuriant florid bravura splendiferous nobby aureate euphuistic dashy loudly superbly gallantly gaily opulently flower glitter bravery pageant grandeur pomp magnificence opulence glitz pageantry gaiety flamboyance pomposity luxuriance floweriness floridity theatricalize with a flourish
7 时髦的
in smart sharp mod stylish swell fashionable nifty posh snappy groovy doggy swish swagger dressy dashing saucy swank jaunty rakish modish foppish kicky high-toned chichi nobby doggish soignee dicty a la page in the groove switched-on happening right-on IN fine cool fly POP sexy classy funky snazzy preppy PERT Tony plushy flossy class modern hip fancy sleek chic trendy newfangled spiffy natty with it what-ho voguey swellish exclusive cheesy vogue knowing sassy dandy foxy tony genteel go-go ritzy knobby dandyish voguish mondaine with-it high-hat dashy
8 虚夸的
9 奢华
rich flash fancy lavish sumptuous lavishly luxuriously extravagantly sumptuously luxury extravagance sumptuousness exclusive plush flashy flamboyant
10 吹牛
windy bouncing blown-up braggart gascon tooting rodomontade magniloquent flamdoodle gas bounce crap charlatan swank braggadocio gassiness munchausen blague tinhorn bazoo cockalorum fanfaronade four-flush blow stretch pitch blast bull romance vapour swagger quack gasconade kvell line shooting
12 自大
swelled-headed cockish huffish big smart imperial assuming swollen arrogant pompous dictatorial pontifical snooty self-important stuck-up bumptious swoln thrasonical biggity hincty self-conceited swollen-headed hinkty swellheaded self-consequence side importance self-esteem conceit puffiness self-importance pomposity self-conceit self-pride bumbledom magnify oneself swelled head supermanish cocky overbearing supercilious jumped-up crack pride bounce vanity brag presumption arrogance vapour self-love cockiness izzat bull ruffle swell big headed big head
14 卖弄的
15 自大的
swelled-headed cockish huffish big smart imperial assuming swollen arrogant pompous dictatorial pontifical snooty self-important stuck-up bumptious swoln thrasonical biggity hincty self-conceited swollen-headed hinkty swellheaded supermanish cocky overbearing supercilious jumped-up big headed
17 自负的
cock-a-hoop self-affected vauntful vogie self-opinioned huffish cockish grand confident vain assuming puffy stuffy pretentious overblown pompous pontifical vaunted conceited boastful overconfident self-assured self-important chesty ditzy cocksure flatulent priggish self-opinionated high-blown vaunty toplofty biggety
18 华丽的
fine loud gorgeous gay purple brave splendid sporty ornate posh sumptuous luscious glittering gallant opulent gilded doggy exuberant dressy flowery dashing glitzy resplendent swank luxuriant florid bravura splendiferous nobby aureate euphuistic dashy
19 炫耀的
jazzy loud pretentious overblown pompous ostentatious dicty flash fine brilliant flashy conspicuous flamboyant glitzy effusive ritzy epideictic
20 豪华的
Tony royal luxury magnificent luxurious lush plush lavish posh sumptuous opulent princely ritzy luxe Lucullan de luxe deluxe swish
21 炫耀
flash fine brilliant flashy conspicuous pretentious flamboyant glitzy effusive ritzy epideictic display blaze glitter pageant pomp pretence panache affectation ostentation éclat coruscate flaunt parade flourish glare cut a wide swath
22 时髦
in smart sharp mod stylish swell fashionable nifty posh snappy groovy doggy swish swagger dressy dashing saucy swank jaunty rakish modish foppish kicky high-toned chichi nobby doggish soignee dicty stylishly fashionably dashingly chicly trendily go fashion vogue stylishness jauntiness foppery withitness smarten quite the thing bon ton a la page the order of the day in the groove switched-on happening right-on IN fine cool fly POP sexy classy funky snazzy preppy PERT Tony plushy flossy class mode ton chic modern hip fancy sleek trendy newfangled spiffy natty with it the thing the rage what-ho voguey swellish exclusive cheesy knowing sassy dandy foxy tony genteel go-go ritzy knobby dandyish voguish mondaine with-it high-hat dashy finery dandyism
23 摆阔的