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If you call someone haughty, you mean they act proud in a cold, way — as if other people sit below them. A haughty look, a haughty smile, a haughty voice: the person is not just pleased with themselves; they are shutting you out.
If you call someone haughty如果你說某人haughty you mean they act proud in a cold, unfriendly way意思是他們用一種冷淡、不友善的方式表現得很驕傲 as if other people sit below them好像別人都比他矮一截 A haughty look, a haughty smile, a haughty voicehaughty的眼神、haughty的微笑、haughty的聲音 the person is not just pleased with themselves這個人不只是對自己滿意而已 they are shutting you out他們是在把你隔絕在外
Though actually proud and haughty are not the same. Proud can be kind (proud of your child, proud of good work). Haughty is never kind; it is a complaint.
Though actually不過其實 proud and haughty are not the sameproud跟haughty不是同一回事 Proud can be kindproud可以是溫暖的 (proud of your child, proud of good work)（為孩子驕傲、為做得好的工作驕傲） Haughty is never kindhaughty從來都不是溫暖的 it is a complaint它是一種抱怨
The word is a little formal and . In easy talk people more often say stuck-up, snobby, or “she looks down on people.” You still meet haughty in novels, news, and careful essays.
The word is a little formal and bookish這個字有點正式、書卷氣 In easy talk日常說話裡 people more often say stuck-up, snobby大家更常說stuck-up、snobby or “she looks down on people.”或直接說「她很瞧不起人」 You still meet haughty不過你還是會在 in novels, news, and careful essays小說、新聞和講究一點的文章裡遇到haughty
It describes people, faces, and manners, not things like a building.
It describes people, faces, and manners它形容的是人、表情和態度 not things like a building不會用來形容建築物之類的東西
組成From earlier hauty / hautein; the spelling later changed in imitation of naughty and high. From Middle English haute (“self-important”), from Old French haut, hault (“high, lofty”), from Frankish *hauh / *hōh (“high, proud”) and Latin altus (“high”).
同家族的字
- haughtinessthe noun: that proud, unfriendly quality
- hauteursame French haut “high”; hauteur names the cold manner itself
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
haughtyadj/ˈhɔːti/
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Conveying in demeanour the assumption of superiority; disdainful, supercilious.
- How meek and shrunken did that haughty Tarmac become as it slunk by the wide circle of asphalt of the yellow sort, that was loosely strewn before the great iron gates of Lady Hall as a forerunner of the consideration that awaited the guests of Rupert, Earl of Kare, […].
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。