posh是什么意思_posh怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

posh: posh: [20] Although it only appeared as recently as the early 20th century, posh is one of the oldest chestnuts of English etymology. The story got around that it was an acronym for port out, starboard home, an allusion to the fact that wealthy passengers could afford the more expensive cabins on the port side of the ships going out to India, and on the starboard side returning to Britain, which kept them out of the heat of the sun.

Pleasant as this story is, though, it has never been substantiated. Another possibility is that posh may be the same word as the now obsolete posh ‘dandy, swell’, a slang term current around the end of the 19th century. This too is of unknown origin, but it has been tentatively linked with the still earlier 19thcentury slang term posh ‘halfpenny’, hence broadly ‘money’, which may have come ultimately from Romany posh ‘half’.
posh (adj.): by 1914 (1903 as push), of uncertain origin; no evidence for the common derivation from an acronym of port outward, starboard home, supposedly the shipboard accommodations of wealthy British traveling to India on the P & O Lines (to keep their cabins out of the sun); as per OED, see objections outlined in G. Chowdharay-Best, "Mariner"s Mirror," Jan. 1971; also see here. More likely from slang posh "a dandy" (1890), from thieves" slang meaning "money" (1830), originally "coin of small value, halfpenny," possibly from Romany posh "half" [Barnhart].
The cavalryman, far more than the infantryman, makes a point of wearing "posh" clothing on every possible occasion -- "posh" being a term used to designate superior clothing, or articles of attire other than those issued by and strictly conforming to the regulations. [E. Charles Vivian, "The British Army From Within," London, 1914]

词态变化

比较级 posher;
最高级 poshest;

权威造句

1. I wouldn"t have thought she had such posh friends.: 我没有想到她会有这些上流社会的朋友。

2. He sounded so posh on the phone.: 在电话里听起来，他的谈吐非常优雅。

3. You look very posh in your new suit.: 你穿上新衣服显得雍容华贵。

4. She always puts on a posh voice to talk to the vicar.: 她总是装腔作势,用一种优雅的嗓音跟教区牧师讲话.

5. Now he"s got a posh car, he thinks he"s arrived.: 现在有了豪华汽车, 他想他已经功成名就了.

近反义词

exclusive 排外的

upmarket 高档的

elegant 优雅的

fashionable 流行的

expensive 昂贵的

luxurious 奢侈的

smart 时髦的

upper-class 上层阶级的

well-to-do 小康的

genteel 文雅的

aristocratic 贵族的

classy <非正式> 上等的...

swish 摆动或挥动某物出声...

相似短语

posh up 把…打扮得十分时髦,打扮…

posh restaurant 高档餐厅

posh oneself up 打扮起来

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