Smug

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回答: Learn A Word: Smug 由 冲浪潜水员 于 2014-02-23 21:41:06

From Wiktionary.org:

 

Adjective[edit]

smug (comparative smugger, superlative smuggest)

  1. Irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied.
    Kate looked extremely smug this morning.
  2. (obsolete) Studiously neat or nice, especially in dress; spruce; affectedly precise; smooth and prim.  [quotations ▼]
    • Robynson (More's Utopia)
      They be so smug and smooth.
    • De Quincey
      the smug and scanty draperies of his style
    • Beaumont and Fletcher
      A young, smug, handsome holiness has no fellow.

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• "Smug" reminds me of the world "Smog". -斓婷- ♀ 给 斓婷 发送悄悄话 斓婷 的博客首页 (550 bytes) () 02/24/2014 postreply 07:45:58

• Well, now you reminded me of another word "snug" -冲浪潜水员- ♂ 给 冲浪潜水员 发送悄悄话 冲浪潜水员 的博客首页 (2632 bytes) () 02/24/2014 postreply 23:14:43

• smug-smog-snug,chain reaction,lol... -斓婷- ♀ 给 斓婷 发送悄悄话 斓婷 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 02/25/2014 postreply 07:14:02

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