Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - posh
Связанные словари
Posh
posh
~ adj 1 a posh restaurant, hotel, car etc is expensive and looks as if it is used or owned by rich people (a posh nightclub in Mayfair) 2 BrE behaving or speaking in a way which is typical of upper class people (My mum has a really posh voice when she's on the phone.) - posh adv (Doesn't he talk posh?)
Рейтинг статьи:
См. в других словарях
1.
(posher, poshest) 1. If you describe something as posh, you mean that it is smart, fashionable, and expensive. (INFORMAL) Celebrating a promotion, I took her to a posh hotel for a cocktail. ...a posh car. ADJ: usu ADJ n 2. If you describe a person as posh, you mean that they belong to or behave as if they belong to the upper classes. (INFORMAL) I wouldn’t have thought she had such posh friends... ADJ ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
2.
adjective Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1918 1. elegant, fashionable a ~ restaurant 2. British typical of or intended for the upper classes ; highfalutin ~ accents • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
3.
adj. & adv. colloq. --adj. 1 smart; stylish. 2 of or associated with the upper classes (spoke with a posh accent). --adv. in a stylish or upper-class way (talk posh; act posh). Phrases and idioms posh up smarten up. Derivatives poshly adv. poshness n. Etymology: 20th c.: perh. f. sl. posh a dandy: port out starboard home (referring to the more comfortable accommodation on ships to and from the East) is a later association and not the true origin ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
4.
1. разг. шикарный, отличный; классный; роскошный the posh est shop in town —- самый шикарный магазин магазин в городе to have a posh time —- шикарно провести время 2. разг. иметь шикарный вид (также posh up) to posh oneself up —- разодеться, одеться модно (классно, шикарно) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
5.
1. adj. coll. превосходный, шикарный 2. v.; coll. иметь шикарный вид (тж. posh up); You wouldnt recognize her, when shell all poshed up to meet her gentleman. ...Англо-русский словарь
6.
transport. abbr. Port Out Starboard Home mil. abbr. Prevention Of Sexual Harassment ocean sc. abbr. Probability Of Severe Hail meteo abbr. Probability Of Severe Hail ...English abbreviation dictionary
7.
- 1918, of uncertain origin; no evidence for the common derivation from an acronym of port outward, starboard home, supposedly the shipboard accomodations of wealthy British traveling to India on the P & O Lines (to keep their cabins out of the sun); more likely from slang posh "a dandy" (1890), from meaning "money" (1830), originally "coin of small value, halfpenny," possibly from Romany posh "half." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
Вопрос-ответ:
Похожие слова
Ссылка для сайта или блога:
Ссылка для форума (bb-код):
Самые популярные термины
1 | 12720 | |
2 | 2609 | |
3 | 2445 | |
4 | 1709 | |
5 | 1676 | |
6 | 989 | |
7 | 979 | |
8 | 862 | |
9 | 782 | |
10 | 780 | |
11 | 745 | |
12 | 738 | |
13 | 694 | |
14 | 679 | |
15 | 643 | |
16 | 640 | |
17 | 638 | |
18 | 630 | |
19 | 614 | |
20 | 610 |