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upstart 音標拼音: ['ʌpst ,ɑrt] n. 暴富者,暴發戶,傲慢自負之人
a. 暴富的 暴富者,暴發戶,傲慢自負之人暴富的 upstart adj 1: characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position [ synonym: { nouveau- riche}, { parvenu}, { parvenue}, { upstart( a)}] n 1: an arrogant or presumptuous person 2: a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class [ synonym: { upstart}, { parvenu}, { nouveau- riche}, { arriviste}] 3: a gymnastic exercise performed starting from a position with the legs over the upper body and moving to an erect position by arching the back and swinging the legs out and down while forcing the chest upright [ synonym: { kip}, { upstart}] Upstart \ Up* start"\, v. i. To start or spring up suddenly. -- Spenser. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster]
Upstart \ Up" start`\, n. 1. One who has risen suddenly, as from low life to wealth, power, or honor; a parvenu. -- Bacon. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Bot.) The meadow saffron. -- Dr. Prior. [ 1913 Webster]
Upstart \ Up" start`\, a. Suddenly raised to prominence or consequence. " A race of upstart creatures." -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 122 Moby Thesaurus words for " upstart": Babbitt, Philistine, Young Turk, adventurer, arriviste, bob up, boldface, boor, bounder, bourgeois, bourgeois gentilhomme, brazenface, break water, bright young man, cad, churl, chutzpanik, clown, comer, emigrant, epicier, fledgling, float up, fly up, fountain, gate- crasher, greenhorn, groundling, gush, guttersnipe, hooligan, hussy, ill- bred fellow, immigrant, intruder, jet, jump up, leap up, looby, lout, low fellow, malapert, minx, modern, modern generation, modern man, modernist, modernizer, mucker, mushroom, name- dropper, neologism, neologist, neology, neonate, neoteric, neoterism, neoterist, new arrival, new boy, new generation, new man, newcomer, newly- rich, nobody, nouveau riche, nouveau roturier, nouveau- riche, novus homo, outsider, parvenu, parvenue, peasant, pig in clover, pop up, pretender, pup, puppy, recruit, ribald, rising generation, rocket, rookie, roturier, rough, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, saucebox, settler, shoot up, skyrocket, slob, smart aleck, smart- ass, smarty, smarty- pants, social climber, spring up, sprout, spurt, squatter, start up, status seeker, stowaway, stripling, surface, swaggerer, tenderfoot, tufthunter, upleap, upshoot, upspear, upspring, vault up, vulgarian, vulgarist, whippersnapper, wise guy, wise- ass, would- be gentleman, yokel
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