pride

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The quality or state of being proud.; A sense of one's own worth; reasonable self-esteem and satisfaction (in oneself, in one's work, one's family, etc). countable,uncountable
    — He swelled with pride as he held the trophy. His family watched with pride from the bleachers.
  2. The small European lamprey species Petromyzon branchialis. uncountable
  3. The quality or state of being proud.; An unreasonable overestimation of one's own superiority in terms of talents, or looks, wealth, importance, etc., which comes across as being haughty, lofty, and often showing contempt of others; exaggerated self-worth. countable,uncountable
  4. Proud or disdainful behavior or treatment that reflects such an attitude (of haughtiness); arrogance. countable,uncountable
    — Pride goeth before the fall.
  5. Something or someone of which one is proud; that which is the source of self-congratulation and self-esteem (whether reasonable or arrogant), for example countable,uncountable
    — Her long ginger hair is her pride.
  6. Show; ostentation; glory. countable,uncountable
    — lofty trees yclad with summer's pride
  7. Highest level or rank; (figurative) elevation reached; loftiness or glory. countable,uncountable
    — a falcon, towering in her pride of place
  8. Consciousness of power; fullness of animal spirits; mettle; wantonness. countable,uncountable
  9. Lust or heat; sexual desire (especially in a female animal) archaic,countable,uncountable
  10. A company of lions or other large felines. collective,countable,uncountable
    — A pride of lions often consists of a dominant male, his harem and their offspring, but young adult males 'leave home' to roam about as bachelors pride until they are able to seize/establish a family pride of their own.
  11. Alternative letter-case form of Pride (“festival for LGBT people”). alt-of,countable,uncountable
    — For quotations using this term, see Citations:pride.
动词 v.
  1. To take or experience pride in something; to be proud of it. reflexive
    — I pride myself on being a good judge of character.

词形变化

prides plural pryde alternative,obsolete prides present,singular,third-person priding participle,present prided participle,past prided past pryde alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

近义词
self-esteem conceit disdain amour propre manship pride self-belief self-confidence self-love self-pride self-regard self-respect self-worth
反义词
shame humiliation self-pity humility modesty degradation meekness
上位词
worthiness
下位词
arrogance
衍生词
Christmas pride eat one's pride gay pride housepride in one's pride in pride London pride mountain pride point of pride Pride pride and joy pride comes before a fall pride festival pride flag prideful pride goes before a fall prideless pride of Barbados pride of Burma pride of California Pride of Erin pride of India Pride of India tree pride of Ohio pride of place Pride of Sussex pride of the morning pride parade prider pridesome pridewear prideworthy purse-pride self-pride straight pride swallow one's pride take pride unpride white pride
相关词
proud clowder company of small felines

词源

词源 1
From Middle English pryde, pride, from Old English prȳde, prȳte (“pride”) (compare Old Norse prýði (“bravery, pomp”)), derivative of Old English prūd (“proud”). More at proud. The verb derives from the noun, at least since the 12th century.
词源 2
From Middle English pryde, from Middle Low German lampride, from Medieval Latin lampreda.
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