| 释义 |
self-aˈpplauding, ppl. a.
[self- 1 f.]
Given to or marked by self-applause.
1654Whitlock Zootomia 296 The Toiles of Selfe-applauding Husbandry. a1680Charnock Attrib. God (1834) I. 94 Self-applauding confidences in our own wisdom and strength. 1781Cowper Truth 58 The self-applauding bird, the peacock. 1818Scott Rob Roy iv, With the chuckle of a self-applauding wit. 1867Mrs. Whitney L. Goldthwaite iii. (1873) 42 A little matter, nothing to be self-applauding about. |
