bougie
adjective US informal disapproving uk/ˈbuː.ʒi/ us/ˈbuː.ʒi/
中产阶级的；小资产阶级情调的；（尤指）追求物质享受的
belonging to or typical of the middle class (= a social group between the very rich and the poor), especially in giving a lot of importance to money, education, and social class, or in liking and wanting expensive and unusual things
People in the neighbourhood have strong opinions about inauthentic bougie snobs. 住在这里的人对不伦不类的小资势利眼有很大的意见。
It's one of those places where you pay a lot of money but don't get much. Too bougie for me! 这就是很多钱买不到太多东西的那种地方。对我来说太奢侈了！
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- Oat milk, soy milk, almond milk - bougie people like any "milk" that doesn't actually come from a cow.
- Doing an unpaid internship is kind of bougie because it means, hey, I can afford to work for no money!
- There was mostly a bougie crowd, but it still felt very community-oriented.
bougie
noun [ C ] uk/ˈbuː.ʒi/ /ˈbuː.ʒi/
(PERSON)
US informal disapproving中产阶级的人；小资产阶级情调的人；（尤指）追求物质享受的人
someone who belongs to the middle class (= a social group between the very rich and the poor), especially someone who supports traditional customs and values, or gives a lot of importance to money, education, and social class, or likes and wants expensive and unusual things
There's nothing bougies love more than dinner parties. 那些小资情调的人最喜欢的莫过于晚餐派对了。
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- You're such a bougie with your artisan bread and organic veggies.
- As a black man with degrees from Princeton and Harvard who uses "summer" as a verb to explain what he does on Martha's Vineyard, he is used to being called a bougie.
(INSTRUMENT)
medical specialized（医用）探条;（药）栓剂
a thin medical instrument that can bend, put into a part of the body in order to open it up, examine it, or treat it
A 54-60-F Maloney bougie was passed into the stomach. 一根54-60-F 的马洛尼探条被送进胃里。
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- Several attempts to force the endotracheal tube over a gum elastic bougie were unsuccessful.
- For endoscopic bougie dilation of the stricture, a guide wire will be placed in the stomach.
- Oesophageal dilation by the Savary-Gaillard bougie technique is an effective method for treating oesophageal stricture.
- One patient sustained an oesophageal perforation during passage of the bougie.