草莓 — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bougie adjective Fancy, expensive and a bit self-consciously upmarket, especially in a way that shows someone is trying to seem better off than they are.
- hickey noun A bruise-like mark left on the skin from kissing or sucking, typically on the neck.
- snobbish adjective Behaving like a snob; arrogantly looking down on people seen as less refined.
- strawberry noun A soft, red, juicy fruit covered in tiny seeds, or the low plant it grows on.
Senses
草莓 is used for these senses in English:
- hickey (originally, US, slang) A bruise-like mark made during petting by pressing the mouth to the skin on one’s partner’s body and sucking. [from 1934]
- milling cutter (mechanical engineering) A rotary cutting tool typically used in milling machines.
- rich kid (US, informal, somewhat, pejorative) A child, adolescent or young adult from a wealthy family, especially one who flaunts his or her wealth or privilege.
- snobbish Having the property of being a snob; arrogant and pretentious; smugly superior or dismissive of perceived inferiors.
- strawberry Containing or having the flavor of strawberries.
- strawberry The sweet, usually red, edible accessory fruit of certain plants of the genus Fragaria.
- stuck up (idiomatic) snobbish, conceited; believing oneself to be better than others, usually because of abundant success; haughty; arrogant or egotistical.
bougie — full definition
- adjective Fancy, expensive and a bit self-consciously upmarket, especially in a way that shows someone is trying to seem better off than they are.
- noun A person with expensive tastes or middle-class pretensions.
- noun In medicine, a thin flexible instrument passed into a body passage to widen it or to check that it is clear.
hickey — full definition
- noun A bruise-like mark left on the skin from kissing or sucking, typically on the neck.
- noun An unnamed small object or gadget whose proper name has been forgotten.
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