| 单词 | uppity |
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| 释义 | up·pi·ty /ˈʌpɪti/ (also uppish British English /ˈʌpɪʃ/) adjective informal PROUDbehaving as if you are more important than you really are, or not showing someone enough respect 傲慢的,自大的,盛气凌人的 uppity kids 目中无人的小孩Examples from the Corpusuppity• Wilko sidelined Cantona like a shot when he started getting uppity.• The army stamps with efficiency on any uppity religious leaders.• By 1985, when the psychoanalysts attempted to reintroduce masochism, a backlash against feminism, against uppity women, was current.Origin uppity (1800-1900) upup·pi·ty adjectiveChineseSyllable as you if more Corpus are behaving important |
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