Gatsbyesque

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈɡætsbɪˌɛsk/|/ˌɡætsbɪˈɛsk/    美 /ˈɡætsbɪˌɛsk/|/ˌɡætsbɪˈɛsk/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Suggestive of Jay Gatsby, the titular character of the novel The Great Gatsby (1925): enigmatic; extravagant; nouveau riche, etc.
    — And meanwhile there was in him [Carter Burden] a theatrical hunger; the Gatsbyesque demand: "I was very conscious of stars."

词形变化

more Gatsbyesque comparative most Gatsbyesque superlative

词源

From Gatsby + -esque (suffix meaning ‘resembling’ forming adjectives), from the surname of Jay Gatsby, the titular character of the novel The Great Gatsby (1925) by the American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940).
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