形容詞 highfalutin:

1. affectedly genteel
   同義詞：grandiose, hifalutin, highfaluting, hoity-toity, la-di-da

highfalutin 或 hi.fa.lu.tin

adj.Informal （形容詞）【非正式用語(yǔ)】
Pompous or pretentious:
夸張的，目空一切的：
例句：
.highfalutin reasons for denying direct federal assistance to the unemployed.(Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.)
.拒絕聯(lián)邦政府對(duì)失業(yè)人員直接援助的自大的理由.(小阿瑟M.施萊辛格)

來(lái)源：
[Origin unknown]
[詞源未知]

<注釋>H.L. Mencken, in his famous bookThe American Language, mentions highfalutin as an example of the many native U.S. words coined during the 9th-century period of vigorous growth. Althoughhighfalutin is characteristic of American folk speech, it is not a true regionalismbecause it has always occurred in all regions of the country,with its use and popularity spurred by its appearance in print.The origin ofhighfalutin, like that of many folk expressions, is obscure. It has been suggested that the second element,-falutin, comes from the verbflute —hence high-fluting, a comical indictment of one who thinks too highly of oneself.
H.L.曼肯，在其名著美國(guó)的語(yǔ)言 一書(shū)中指出， highfalutin 一詞是眾多的創(chuàng)造于9世紀(jì)迅速成長(zhǎng)時(shí)期的美國(guó)本土的詞匯的一個(gè)例子。 盡管highfalutin 一詞是典型的美國(guó)民間用語(yǔ)， 但它不是方言土語(yǔ)，因?yàn)樗偸浅霈F(xiàn)在國(guó)家的各個(gè)地區(qū)。出現(xiàn)在印刷品上更促進(jìn)了它的使用。highfalutin 一詞的起源，象許多民間表達(dá)方式一樣不為人所知， 曾有人說(shuō)該詞的第二詞素-falutin， 來(lái)源于動(dòng)詞flute ——由此 high-fluting， 特指太自高自大的人