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foppery

/fop-uh-ree/US // ˈfɒp ə ri //UK // (ˈfɒpərɪ) //

媚俗,媚俗行为,媚俗性,媚术

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural fop·per·ies.

    • : the clothes, manners, actions, etc., of a fop.
    • : something foppish.

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Examples

  • George Washington had a chance to become king and wisely rejected the idea, with all its requisite foppery.

  • Yet, if one looks closely, under the froth and foppery, some of the charm and perception of the man still shines through.

  • Theron looked at his interrogator with a frown of disdain for his foppery.

  • They despised wealth just as other nations despise effeminacy and foppery.

  • Then follow references to Cæsar's sayings as to his star, and the "common foppery" as to the sun mourning his death a year.

  • My master was an elderly beau; and I gave myself no care that he had spent his money—the money of the expedition—on foppery.