high-flown的意思和读音

high-flown

: [ˌhaɪ ˈfloʊn] : [ˌhaɪ ˈfləʊn]

adj.

adj.down-to-earth

adj.exalted,affected,pretentious,grandiose,high-sounding

high-flownadj.

1.very grand and complicated

His high-flown style just sounds absurd today.

adj.1.2.;

adj.1.high-flown ideas or language sound very complicated or important but are often not very useful or practical

1. down high-flown renown ...

2. down high-flown renown ...

3. ... hie , high-flown high-minded ...

4. high-fed high-flown high-flying ...

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1.The old lady relieves the high-flown benevolence of her husband with a good deal of spirit.

2.His method was always the same: using high-flown rhetoric and obscure language while dissembling and faking his way through life.

3.It needs to be something well beyond where you are now, but not so high-flown and amazing that you secretly believe it's impossible for you.

4.Yet the archaic language and high-flown verse, while inspiring, can also be difficult to understand even for educated Arabic speakers.便

5.He collects antique Samurai swords, has owned a pet cobra and speaks with a high-flown Massachusetts Brahmin accent.

6.Although the law has a high-flown objective, it goes about its business in a pedestrian fashion.

7.Bozo indulged in the most high-flown speculations.

8.High-flown and amazing will come in due time.

9.Barack Obama is paying the price for his high-flown rhetoric