highfalutin

詳細解釋：

highfalutin 或 hi.fa.lu.tin

adj.Informal （形容詞）【非正式用語】
Pompous or pretentious:
誇張的，目空一切的：
例句：
.highfalutin reasons for denying direct federal assistance to the unemployed.(Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.)
.拒絕聯邦政府對失業人員直接援助的自大的理由.(小阿瑟M.施萊辛格)

來源：
[Origin unknown]
[詞源未知]

<注釋>H.L. Mencken, in his famous bookThe American Language, mentions highfalutin as an example of the many native U.S. words coined during the 9th-century period of vigorous growth. Althoughhighfalutin is characteristic of American folk speech, it is not a true regionalismbecause it has always occurred in all regions of the country,with its use and popularity spurred by its appearance in print.The origin ofhighfalutin, like that of many folk expressions, is obscure. It has been suggested that the second element,-falutin, comes from the verbflute —hence high-fluting, a comical indictment of one who thinks too highly of oneself.
H.L.曼肯，在其名著美國的語言 一書中指出， highfalutin 一詞是眾多的創造於9世紀迅速成長時期的美國本土的辭彙的一個例子。 儘管highfalutin 一詞是典型的美國民間用語， 但它不是方言土語，因為它總是出現在國家的各個地區。出現在印刷品上更促進了它的使用。highfalutin 一詞的起源，象許多民間表達方式一樣不為人所知， 曾有人說該詞的第二詞素-falutin， 來源於動詞flute ——由此 high-fluting， 特指太自高自大的人