词族 · smug
词形变化
中文词源
smug 整洁的，沾沾自喜的，自鸣得意的
来自中古低地德语 smuk, 整洁的， 优雅的， 漂亮的， 来自 smucken, 装饰， 修饰， 来自 Proto-Germanic*smeugana,滑进，溜进，来自 PIE*smeug,滑动，词源同 smock,smug.词义贬义 化为沾沾自喜的，自鸣得意的。
英语词源
- smug (adj.)
- 1550s, "trim, neat, spruce, smart," possibly an alteration of Low German smuk "trim, neat," from Middle Low German smücken "to adorn" (originally "to dress," secondary sense of words meaning "to creep or slip into"), from the same source as smock. The meaning "having a self-satisfied air" is from 1701, an extension of the sense of "smooth, sleek" (1580s), which was commonly used of attractive women and girls. Related: Smugly; smugness.
权威例句
- 1. He tried hard not to smile in smug self-satisfaction.
- 他强忍住沾沾自喜的笑容。
- 2. Thomas and his wife looked at each other in smug satisfaction.
- 托马斯和夫人得意地互相望了一眼。
- 3. The programme seemed false and sugary, and the characters smug.
- 这个节目看起来矫揉造作，而其中的人物还自我感觉良好。
- 4. He writes smug, sanctimonious waffle.
- 他写的满篇都是自鸣得意、道貌岸然的废话。
- 5. He writes smug, sanctimonious rubbish.
- 他写的都是些自我陶醉、故作清高的垃圾作品。