toffee-nosed
英 [ˈtɒfi nəʊzd]
美 [ˈtɑːfi noʊzd]
adj. 势利眼的; 妄自尊大的; 目空一切的
牛津词典
adj.
- 势利眼的;妄自尊大的;目空一切的
behaving as if you are better than other people, especially those of a lower social class
柯林斯词典
- 自视甚高的;自命不凡的
If you say that someone istoffee-nosed, you disapprove of them because they have a high opinion of themselves and a low opinion of other people.
英英释义
adj
- snobbish
双语例句
- He was educated at Eton and brasenose college, Oxford, where he was a member of the notoriously toffee-nosed Bullingdon club.
卡梅伦受教于伊顿公学和牛津布雷其诺斯学院,在布雷其诺斯学院时,他是以狂妄自傲著称布灵顿俱乐部的一员。