"stylish, classy, posh," 1913, from earlier noun or verb; "A midland and s.w. dial. word taken into general slang use at the beginning of the 20th cent." [OED]; compare swank (n.) "ostentatious behavior," noted in 1854 as a Northampton word; swank (v.), from 1809 as "to strut, behave ostentatiously." Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Germanic *swank-, from PIE *sweng(w)-, a Germanic root meaning "to swing, turn, toss" (cognates: Middle High German swanken "to sway, totter, turn, swing," Old High German swingan "to swing;" see swing (v.)). Perhaps the notion is of "swinging" the body ostentatiously (compare swagger).
A separate word-thread derives from Old English swancor "pliant, bending," and from this comes swanky (n.) "active or clever young fellow" (c. 1500).
swank 英文释义
1. elegance by virtue of being fashionable
swank 双语例句
1. There was no swank in Martin.
马丁从不炫耀自己。
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2. It was Swank's judgment that he had become irrelevant.
斯旺克的评价是,此人已无足轻重了.
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3. Don't be such a swank!
别那麽招摇!
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4. Swank as well as I still hoped that perhaps they had not shown their hand completely.
斯旺克和我仍抱希望,也许他们还没有完全亮出他们的牌.
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5. Swank was born in Washington State, or perhaps Nebraska.
斯万卡出生于华盛顿州, 或者可能是内布拉斯加州.
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swank 实用场景例句
I have always been against swanking about all the things I have been lucky enough to win.
我一向不喜欢和别人炫耀自己因为幸运而取得的那些成就。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
...a swank new shop on the outskirts of Beijing.
北京郊区新开的一家高档时尚商店
柯林斯高阶英语词典
Swank was born in Washington State, or perhaps Nebraska.
斯万卡出生于华盛顿州, 或者可能是内布拉斯加州.
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Swank , too , is an athlete.
斯万卡还是个运动员.
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Swank as well as I still hoped that perhaps they had not shown their hand completely.
斯旺克和我仍抱希望,也许他们还没有完全亮出他们的牌.
辞典例句
Hillary Swank won her second Best Actress award for her role as a female boxer.
希拉里·斯万克在影片中饰演一位女拳击手,由此获得了她的第二个最佳女演员奖.
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They've got a down on arrogance and swank.
他最讨厌自高自大和虚张声势.
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Hilary Swank plays Maggie in Million Dollar Baby.
布拉里?斯万克在《百万宝贝》中扮演麦琪.
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Hilary Swank won the Oscar Award for best actress.
希拉里?斯万克获得奥斯卡最佳女主角奖项.
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Meanwhile swank restaurants crammed downtown Reykjavik, the capital and new financial center.
与此同时,高档餐馆开始大量出现在新的金融中心 、 首都雷克雅未克的城区.
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He just relies on bluff and putting on a show with bright ideas and his swank!
屠维岳的法宝就是说大话,像煞有介事,满嘴的有办法,有把握!
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Thus, no CGI application looks like your swank bootleg copy of Word.
