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hoity-toity |
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hoity-toity adjective /ˌhɔɪti ˈtɔɪti/ /ˌhɔɪti ˈtɔɪti/ (informal)- behaving in a way that suggests that you think you are more important than other people大模大样的；自命不凡的
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词源mid 17th cent. (as noun in the sense ‘boisterous or silly behaviour’, then as adjective meaning ‘lively and playful’): from obsolete hoit ‘indulge in riotous mirth’, of unknown origin.
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