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Pompous Pɑːmpəs Adj.夸大的 Leader Band Bowed Manner 乐队队长以夸大的姿势鞠了个躬

Front pompous
Pron ['pɑːmpəs]
Back 【pompous】
adj.夸大的
The leader of the band bowed in a pompous manner.
乐队队长以夸大的姿势鞠了个躬。
Vocab
pompouspuffed up with vanity

A pompous person is arrogant or conceited. He'll walk into a party with an inflated ego, ready to tell anyone who will listen that "I'm kind of a big deal."

Today we associate the adjective pompous with self-important jerks. But it's actually derived from the Old French pompeux, which meant “stately." And that's why you can also use pompous to describe something with a lot of ceremonial or stately display — in other words, something surrounded by "pomp and circumstance."

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