hoity-toity

英式音标：[ˌhɔɪti ˈtɔɪti]

美式音标：[ˌhɔɪtiˈtɔɪti]

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概况：

adj. 傲慢的；轻浮的；作态的

n. 装腔作势；横蛮的态度

int. 唉呀

词义：

adj.

傲慢的，轻浮的，作态的；

n.

横蛮的态度，装腔作势；

int.

唉呀！；

英英释义

hoity-toity[ 'hɔiti'tɔiti ]

adj.affectedly genteel

同义词：grandiosehifalutinhighfalutinhighfalutingla-di-da

用法：

权威例句

"HOITY-TOITY"

"HOITY TOITY"

HOITY-TOITY

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Hoity-toity morality and embryos for research

Aster's Hoity Toity Belt

The Hoity-Toity Mouse and Other Bayou Tales (Book Review)

Hoity-Toity Talk and Women

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Hoity-toity? Not when the talented Urban Arias gets hold of it.

Sex Is So Naughty If You're Hoity-Toity; Life's Rude at the Top

Chocolate cookbook not too hoity-toity for supermarket shopper

同义词：caramba,assuming,arrogant,act

英语词源：

hoity-toity

also hoity toity, 1660s, "riotous behavior," from earlier highty tighty "frolicsome, flighty," perhaps an alteration and reduplication of dialectal hoyting "acting the hoyden, romping" (1590s), see hoyden. Sense of "haughty" first recorded late 1800s, probably on similarity of sound.