snob

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /snɒb/|/snɔb/    美 /snɑb/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person who wishes to be seen as a member of the upper classes or of some other elite (such as the masters of a certain craft) and who looks down on those perceived to have inferior or unrefined tastes, skills, etc. derogatory,informal
    — an insufferable snob
  2. A cobbler or shoemaker. colloquial
    — The snobs were also kind to him, and gave him a pair of boots which they assured him were of a type and quality reserved entirely for officers […]
  3. A member of the lower classes; a commoner. dated
    — 'D'ye know a slap-up sort of button, when you see it?' said the youth. 'Don't look at mine, if you ain't a judge, because these lions' heads was made for men of taste: not snobs.'
  4. A workman who works for lower wages than his fellows, especially one who will not join a strike (a scab). archaic
  5. A townsman, as opposed to a gownsman.

词形变化

snobs plural

词汇关系

衍生词
antisnob outsnob snobbery snobbism snobbiness snobbish snobbishly snobbishness snobby snobdom snob effect Snob Hill snobism snobling snobocracy snobocratic snobography snoburbs snob value
相关词
hobnob
并列词
posh social climber nouveau riche

词源

Late 18th century dialectal English snob (“cobbler”), of unknown origin. Early senses of the word carried the meaning of "lower status"; it was then used to describe those seeking to imitate those of higher wealth or status. Folk etymology derives it from the Latin phrase sine nobilitate (“without nobility”), but early uses had no connection to this.
The modern sense was popularized by William Makepeace Thackeray in The Book of Snobs (1848).
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