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hoity-toity

/hoi-tee-toi-tee/US // ˈhɔɪ tiˈtɔɪ ti //UK // (ˌhɔɪtɪˈtɔɪtɪ) //

豪爽的,豪爽,豪爽的人,豪爽型

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : assuming airs; pretentious; highfalutin; haughty: He thinks he's better than we are because he went to one of those hoity-toity private schools.
    • : giddy; flighty.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : giddy behavior.

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Examples

  • Called by the hoity toity term of nasal insufflation, this method was used by some in Asia till a few hundred years ago.

  • “She is stunningly brilliant and knows how to articulate complex genius without any hoity toitiness,” Sarah says about Susan.

  • Unlike hoity-toity displays of pedigree fluff, the Average Joe Cat Show is a celebration of middling felines.

  • How did the most American of retailers get mixed up with a hoity-toity Parisian boutique?

  • "Hoity-toity," said the waiter, and he left off throwing the sand.

  • "Hoity-toity," said the old gentleman, turning round in some surprise, and even dismay when he caught sight of her face.

  • Sir Thomas did offer to help him, but he was perhaps a little hoity-toity, giving himself airs.

  • Lucille's haughty and fiery temper could hardly brook this hoity-toity assumption of authority.

  • "Toity, ye chaw," says de mug behind de fence, reaching fer de convincer.