英:[ˈʌpstɑ:t]
美:[ˈʌpstɑrt]
英:[ˈʌpstɑ:t]
美:[ˈʌpstɑrt]
up·start
uhp start
复数:upstarts
第三人称单数:upstarts
现在分词:upstarting
过去式:upstarted
过去分词:upstarted
1550年代,“一个从卑微的地位上升到权力、重要性或地位的人,一个暴发户”,也称为 start-up,来自 up(adv.)+ start(v.)的意义是“跳跃,跃升”。作为形容词出现在1560年代。与古老的动词 upstart “跳起来”相比,该动词可以追溯到公元1300年左右。
崛起者
暴发户
The first known use of upstart was in the 14th century
uptightadjective
being tense, nervous, or uneasy
upticknoun
an increase, rise, or upward trend
an uptick in cost
uptakenoun
understanding entry 1 sense 1, comprehension
quick on the uptake
a process especially in a living organism of absorbing and combining with something
oxygen uptake
upswingnoun
an upward swingespecially: a marked increase or improvement (as in activity)
business is on the upswing
upsweptadjective
swept upward
an upswept hairdo
upsurgenoun
a rapid or sudden rise
an upsurge of popularity
upstrokenoun
an upward stroke (as of a pen)
upstreamadverb or adjective
at or toward the beginning of a stream : against the current
salmon swimming upstream
upstateadjective
of, relating to, or typical of a part of a state away from a large city and especially to the north
upstartnoun
a person who has risen suddenly (as from a low position to wealth or power)especially: one who makes a great show of success
1 How an upstart film became a holiday icon for the post-boomer set.
2 In their breadth, history and caliber, the Vatican Museums make the Palace of Versailles in France look like a flashy upstart.
3 Although he's too old to be playing an upstart, he gives it his all, as always.
4 Giorgio Moroder, widely considered a pioneer of disco, has announced a new album due out next spring — one that makes it clear he’s not threatened by pop upstarts.
5 Photograph: Jim Marks/BBC/Boundless If drama made a comeback last week, then reality TV is now standing firm, thanks to a mix of old classics and new upstarts.
6 Whisper, which has raised $60 million in funding and says it generates six billion page views a month, also has a content deal with Fusion, an upstart television and digital network from Univision and Disney.
7 Not only did this monster help save upstart studio RKO from insolvency, it changed the face of screen fantasy forever.
8 The festival was marked with surprise guest appearances, upstart acts outplaying the headliners, bewilderingly wonderful interactive art projects, and the best acts around — all happening in a gorgeous desert landscape.
9 The cloud laughed at the rainbow saying that it was an upstart gaudy in its emptiness.
云嘲笑虹霓,说它只是空虚中爆发的绚丽.
10 Similarly, in 2005 "Six Feet Under" was laid to rest, but was unseated by a sci-fi upstart called -- you guessed it --"Lost."
11 He graduated from Hotchkiss and Harvard, with a degree in math, and went to work for McKinsey & Company before decamping to VFiles, the upstart fashion incubator, showroom and shop, where Sundae School was born.
12 What's not to like? — but because Sasquatch!, the upstart pop-music festival at the Gorge now in its ninth year, happens the same weekend and is, for fans of pop music, a bigger draw.
13 Six months later, hurt feelings not only linger, but competition between the scrappy upstart and the former mentor has intensified.
14 And then there are the fashion upstarts trying to mimic his meteoric rise and become the new bellwether.
15 Kleptocracies with little public support run the risk of being overthrown, either by downtrodden commoners or by upstart would-be replacement kleptocrats seeking public support by promising a higher ratio of services rendered to fruits stolen.
16 having made their money in oil decades ago, they consider these billionaire dot-commers mere upstarts
17 One of our current upstarts is Band of Horses, nominated in the Best Alternative category.
18 Early Hollywood was an anarchic world, with upstart production companies launching grandiose projects on every side.
19 The two options this article explores -- initng and upstart -- are not the only two games in town.
本文中介绍的这两种方法 ——initng和upstart ——并不是只有这两种程序可以替代 init。
20 The reason successful corporations are blindsided, Christensen found, is that the initial manifestations of the upstart technologies are so crude that they do not seem to pose a threat to the incumbents.
2 傲慢无礼
4 新贵
5 暴发的
7 自命不凡的
stuck-up posey important pompous portentous toffee-nosed snob
9 自命不凡
stuck-up posey important pompous portentous toffee-nosed air snob chichi fancy give oneself airs feel oats
10 突然跳起
11 暴富
12 暴发户
parvenu new-rich noov cocktail mushroom arriviste bounder Johnny-come-lately roturier pigs in clover new rich nouveau riche the new rich profiteer skipjack gotup noove johnny-come-lately
13 放恣的
14 暴发户的
15 骄矜的