hoity-toity
英 ['hɔiti'tɔiti]
美
- adj. 傲慢的；轻浮的；作态的
- n. 装腔作势；横蛮的态度
- int. 唉呀
中文词源
hoity-toity 装模作样的
来自古词hoit,玩弄，戏弄。引申词义装模作样的。
英英释意
- 1. affectedly genteel
英文词源
- hoity-toity
- also hoity toity, 1660s, "riotous behavior," from earlier highty tighty "frolicsome, flighty," perhaps an alteration and reduplication of dialectal hoyting "acting the hoyden, romping" (1590s), see hoyden. Sense of "haughty" first recorded late 1800s, probably on similarity of sound.