swanky
美音:
[´swɔŋkı
]英音:
[´swɔŋkı
]adj.爱出风头的,漂亮,时髦的,炫耀的 n.<苏格兰>活跃的帅小伙子
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swanky为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
名词:swankiness 副词:swankily 形容词比较级:swankier 最高级:swankiest
swanky
adj (-ier, -iest) (infml derog 口, 贬)
1 fashionable and expensive in a showy way 炫耀时髦的; 摆阔气的
*He stays in the swankiest hotels. 他住最奢华的旅馆.
2 tending to swank 爱炫耀的
*Jill and her swanky friends. 吉尔和她的那些爱出风头的朋友.
swanky
adj informal
[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: swank 'to behave showily and boastfully' (19-21 centuries), perhaps from Middle High German swanken 'to move unsteadily from one side to another']
very fashionable and expensive
eating meals at swanky hotels