posh

• adj. 時髦地；漂亮的；奢侈的

詞源不詳，可能來自吉普賽語posh,半個 ，一半，來自posh-kooroona,半克朗，詞源同krone,在過去算是一筆大錢，後在俚語引申詞義豪華的。

posh

posh: [20] Although it only appeared as recently as the early 20th century, posh is one of the oldest chestnuts of English etymology. The story got around that it was an acronym for port out, starboard home, an allusion to the fact that wealthy passengers could afford the more expensive cabins on the port side of the ships going out to India, and on the starboard side returning to Britain, which kept them out of the heat of the sun.

Pleasant as this story is, though, it has never been substantiated. Another possibility is that posh may be the same word as the now obsolete posh ‘dandy, swell’, a slang term current around the end of the 19th century. This too is of unknown origin, but it has been tentatively linked with the still earlier 19thcentury slang term posh ‘halfpenny’, hence broadly ‘money’, which may have come ultimately from Romany posh ‘half’.

posh (adj.)

by 1914 (1903 as push), of uncertain origin; no evidence for the common derivation from an acronym of port outward, starboard home, supposedly the shipboard accommodations of wealthy British traveling to India on the P & O Lines (to keep their cabins out of the sun); as per OED, see objections outlined in G. Chowdharay-Best, "Mariner's Mirror," Jan. 1971; also see here. More likely from slang posh "a dandy" (1890), from thieves' slang meaning "money" (1830), originally "coin of small value, halfpenny," possibly from Romany posh "half" [Barnhart].

The cavalryman, far more than the infantryman, makes a point of wearing "posh" clothing on every possible occasion -- "posh" being a term used to designate superior clothing, or articles of attire other than those issued by and strictly conforming to the regulations. [E. Charles Vivian, "The British Army From Within," London, 1914]

1. I wouldn't have thought she had such posh friends.

我沒有想到她會有這些上流社會的朋友。

來自柯林斯例句

2. He sounded so posh on the phone.

在電話裏聽起來，他的談吐非常優雅。

來自柯林斯例句

3. You look very posh in your new suit.

你穿上新衣服顯得雍容華貴。

來自《權威詞典》

4. She always puts on a posh voice to talk to the vicar.

她總是裝腔作勢,用一種優雅的嗓音跟教區牧師講話.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. Now he's got a posh car, he thinks he's arrived.

現在有了豪華汽車, 他想他已經功成名就了.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》