posh
adjective /pɒʃ/
/pɑːʃ/
(comparative posher, superlative poshest)
(informal)- attractive and expensive
优雅豪华的；富丽堂皇的 - a posh hotel
豪华旅馆 - You look very posh in your new suit.
你穿上新套装显得雍容华贵。
- a posh hotel
- (British English, sometimes disapproving) typical of or used by people who belong to a high social class
上流社会的；上等人的 - a posh accent/voice
上等人的腔调／嗓音 - They live in the posh part of town.
他们生活在市内的富人区。 - They pay for their children to go to a posh school.
他们花钱让子女上贵族学校。 - They think they’re so important with their designer clothes and posh accents.
他们认为他们的名牌服装和时髦的口音很重要。 - Her parents are very posh.
她的父母很高贵。
- a posh accent/voice
词源early 20th cent.: perhaps from slang posh, denoting a dandy. There is no evidence to support the folk etymology that posh is formed from the initials of port out starboard home (referring to the more comfortable accommodation, out of the heat of the sun, on ships between England and India).