posh

posh
(informal)(非正式)
adjective
  1. elegant or stylishly luxurious
    优雅的；时髦的，豪华的
    a posh Munich hotel.
    一家优雅的慕尼黑酒店。
    I'll have to look posh.
    我将不得不看起来时髦一点。
    ■(chiefly Brit.)typical of or belonging to the upper class of society
    (主 英)上流人士的，上流社会的
    she had a posh accent.
    她有上流人士的口音。
adverb
  1. (Brit.)in an upper-class way
    (英)上流人士的方式
    trying to talk posh.
    试图像上流人士那样说话。
noun
  1. [mass noun](Brit.)the quality or state of being elegant, stylish, or upper class
    (英)优雅；时髦；上流社会水准
    we finally bought a colour TV, which seemed the height of posh.
    我们终于买了一台彩电，似乎够得上上流社会水准。
派生
poshly
adverb
poshness
noun
语源
  1. early 20th cent.: perhaps from slang posh, denoting a dandy. There is no evidence to support the folk etymology that posh is formed from the initials of port out starboard home (referring to the practice of using the more comfortable accommodation, out of the heat of the sun, on ships between England and India)
继承用法
posh something up
  1. (Brit.)smarten something up
    (英)打扮，使变得时髦，使变得漂亮
    the sealing wax with which she poshed up Muriel's dancing shoes.
    她用以来擦亮穆里尔的舞鞋的密封蜡。
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