| 单词 |
huff-snuff |
| 释义 |
† huff-snuff, n. (a.) Obs.
[f. huff v. + snuff, in the sense ‘offence, resentment’; but largely suggested by the riming of the two words, as in reduplicated formations: see huff v.]
A conceited fellow who gives himself airs and is quick to take offence; a braggart, hector.
1583Stanyhurst æneis etc. (Arb.) 143 A loftye Thrasonical huf snuffe: In gate al on typstau's stalcking. 1591Greene Disc. Coosnage (1859) 43 Seeing such a terrible huffe snuffe swering with his dagger in his hand. 1598Florio, Risentito,..a huffe snuffe, one that will soone take pepper in the nose. 1611Cotgr. s.v. Ferré, Mangeur de charrettes ferrées, a terrible huffsnuffe, scarre-crow, braggadochio. 1653Urquhart Rabelais ii. ii. 12 Part of the Heavens, which the Philosophers call via lactea, and the Huffsnuffs, St. James his way.
b. attrib. or adj. Arrogant, hectoring, vapouring.
a1693Urquhart Rabelais iii. xlii. 349 The huff, snuff, honder-sponder, swash-buckling High Germans. |
英语词典包含277258条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。
相关内容：
相关热词搜索：huffsnuff英英词典英英释义英语词汇意思用法释义英语
字词 胆囊照相术 释义 【医】 cholecystography 汉译英翻译词典收录405719条汉英翻译词条，基......