poshness
noun [ U ] informal uk/ˈpɒʃ.nəs/ us/ˈpɑːʃ.nəs/
豪华
the quality of being expensive and of high quality
UK属上流社会;谈吐高雅
the quality of being from a high social class
Although he prided himself on his poshness, he was at heart spectacularly vulgar. 虽然他为自己的谈吐高雅而自豪,但他的内心却非常粗俗。
See: posh
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- Will the building's fine architecture, lovely setting and former poshness be enough to attract visitors?
- The big Victorian houses and terraces peak, for poshness, round Gordon Square and Windsor Crescent.
- Fashion colleges don't pick students in direct proportion to the poshness of their school.
- The poshness of leading Tories has not been fatal to the party's appeal so far.
- He is a posh boy with a hostility to poshness.
- Woodall and Constantine are unapologetic about their poshness.