- 1自以為了不起的（偏英式貶義，爬上去就擺架子）
Jumped-up is a sharp, mostly British way to talk about a person who has moved up in money, job, or class, and now acts as if they are more important than they are. It is an insult, not a kind remark, and it is rather informal. You might hear a jumped-up little manager from someone who thinks that person has no right to give orders. It is not about jumping with your feet. Americans do not use it much. Though actually it often says as much about the speaker as about the other person: it can come from someone who did not like watching another person rise. Handle it carefully; it can sound snobbish.
組成jump + up. The picture is of someone who has jumped up into a higher place in society. I do not have a neater older story than that.
同家族的字
- jumpthe jumped is from jump, as in jumping up the social ladder
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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。
jumped-upadj
- 1
derogatoryThinking or acting as if one is superior, as by pretending to be of a higher class or having greater authority than is the case.
- 2007, Nov 27. Scott Murray, writing in Guardian Unlimited: "Stuttgart 3-2 Rangers" We're doomed if this wee jumped-up monkey gets Gordon Smith's blessing.
- 2
Having risen from a lowly station or an inferior position, often with a conceited or arrogant attitude.
- 1895, Punch, or the London Charivari, 24 August, 1895, "'Arry on Harry", https://books.google.ca/books?id=S5kwAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22jumped-up+cheap+Coventry%22&source=gbs_navlinks_s You jumped-up, cheap, Coventry bagman, / silk-sampling, no doubt, is your biz
- Well, you can have all my share of democracy. Between you and me, Gert, it's mainly a name for a lot of jumped-up ignoramuses who have no idea of how little they do know.
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