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Hauteur N Haut French əu'tə N.傲慢 英 傲慢(Haughtiness

单词 hauteur
音标 [əu'tə:]
解释 n.傲慢
红宝书 【英】 n. 傲慢(haughtiness; snobbery)
【考】 fawn : hauteur / self-depreciate : swagger(逢迎不傲慢/自贬不 狂妄)反义词:humility(谦 卑)
【记】 来自法语 haut (高)+eur→傲慢
字源 hauteur (n.)
1620s, from French hauteur "haughtiness, arrogance," literally "height," from Old French hauture (12c.) "height, loftiness; grandeur, majesty," from haut (see haught).
不择手段背单词 n. 傲慢; 自负 = arrogance = haughtiness = snobbery
【记】haut = high高高在上的-傲慢自大
【参】haughty(adj 傲慢的)
【类】fawn: hauteur = self-depreciate: swagger 奉承不傲慢 = 自贬不狂妄
【反】humility(n 谦卑); humbleness(n 谦逊; 卑贱)
趣味全助记 【记】源自high,同haughty

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