ostentation

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Ambitious display; vain show; display intended to excite admiration or applause. uncountable,usually
    — Sir Henry had consumed his substance in ostentation and riotous hospitality—had fed many at his board, made many merry in his halls, but not a friend was in his house of mourning; the very retainers who had grown rich upon his ruin, seemed to deem the burial of their master but a signal for carousing and license.
  2. A show or spectacle. obsolete,uncountable,usually
    — Let her awhile be secretly kept in, And publish it that she is dead indeed: Maintain a mourning ostentation;

词形变化

ostentations plural

词汇关系

近义词
parade pageantry show showiness pomp pompousness vaunting boasting
衍生词
nonostentation unostentation
相关词
ostentatious ostensive ostensible

词源

Originated 1425–75 from late Middle English ostentacioun, borrowed from Middle French ostentation and its etymon Latin ostentātiō, ostentātiōnem, equivalent to ostentātus (past participle of ostentāre, to display or exhibit), frequentative of ostendere (“to present, display”) + -iōn. By surface analysis, ostent + -ation.
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