haughty
英 ['hɔːtɪ]
美 ['hɔti]
助記提示
1. Old French haut => haught, Spelling altered by influence of caught, naught, etc.
2. alt- => h- + aut- => haut => haught.
3. with initial h- by influence of Frankish hoh "high". 由於hoh與high好像是同源的，因此這裏直接簡單地說成取單詞high的首字母，前麵的h-是受單詞high的影響，應該是起一個同義加強的作用，就像我們漢語裏麵有很多詞、成語就是由兩個同義的詞疊加在一起，起一個同義加強的作用。還可能是出於特定的構詞習慣等原因。
4. haught + -y => haughty, on model of might/mighty, naught/naughty, etc.
5. => "high in one's own estimation".
6. haught 諧音“鶴特”------鶴立雞群嘛，當然特別高傲、傲慢啦！=> haughty.
7. 諧音“鶴踢、鶴啼”----鶴立雞群嘛，當然想踢誰就踢誰，當然要到處啼叫來炫耀了。
中文詞源
haughty 高傲的，傲慢的來自法語haut,高的，高等級的，來自拉丁語altus,高的，詞源同altitude,exalt.插入字母h,字母l軟化在u，拚寫受height影響。由高的引申詞義高傲的，傲慢的。
英文詞源
- haughty
- haughty: [16] To be haughty is to be ‘above oneself’, or, to put it another way, to be ‘on one’s high horse’. For etymologically, haughty means simply ‘high’. It is an alteration of an earlier, now dead English adjective haught, which was borrowed from Old French haut ‘high’, a descendant of Latin altus (whence English altitude).
=> altitude - haughty (adj.)
- "proud and disdainful," 1520s, a redundant extension of haught (q.v.) "high in one's own estimation" by addition of -y (2) on model of might/mighty, naught/naughty, etc. Middle English also had hautif in this sense (mid-15c., from Old French hautif), and hautein "proud, haughty, arrogant; presumptuous" (c. 1300), from Old French hautain. Related: Haughtily.
雙語例句
- 1. He gave me a haughty look and walked away.
- 他向我擺出傲慢的表情後走開.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. They were displeased with her haughty airs.
- 他們討厭她高傲的派頭.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. He is haughty to us.
- 他對我們很傲慢.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 4. A haughty girl is always unpopular at school.
- 驕傲的女孩子在學校常常不受人歡迎.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 5. " Wen - wan, don't tell him,'said Hsin - mei in a haughty, jealous tone.
- 辛楣 又驕又妒道:“文紈, 不要告訴他. ”
來自漢英文學 - 圍城