posh
adjective
uk/pɒʃ/us/pɑːʃ/B2informal
(ofplacesand things)expensiveand of highquality:
高档的，一流的Hetakesher to some really poshrestaurants.他带她去了一些真正高档的饭店。
costing a lot of money
- expensiveHe thinks he's special with his expensive suits and fancy shoes.
- dearUKI find the veg too dear in that supermarket.
- costlyThey made several costly mistakes, including spending $60 million on shoddy machinery.
- priceyThe restaurants in town are a bit pricey.
- exclusiveThey have an apartment in an exclusive part of town.
C2UKinformal
(ofpeopleandtheirvoices) from a highsocialclass:
（人或口音）上流社会的；谈吐高雅的A woman with a very poshaccentphonedfor himearlier.一位谈吐高雅的女士早些时候打电话找他。
too posh to pushUKinformalhumorous
used fordescribinga woman from a highsocialclasswhochoosesto have acaesareansection(= amedicaloperation)to have herbaby
（女人）选择剖腹产的- It's a poshbitof London.
- She's got a very poshcar.
- Theshopslookedso posh I didn'tdarego in.
- She's from a very poshfamily.
- Hisgirlfriendis really posh.
Expensive & luxurious
- champagne
- costliness
- delicacy
- expensively
- fancy
- gold plate
- graciousness
- luxury goods
- no expense is sparedidiom
- opulent
- precious
- premium-rate
- prestige
- priceless
- sumptuously
- super-deluxe
- super-expensive
- swish
- upmarket
- valuable
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posh
adverb
uk/pɒʃ/us/pɑːʃ/UKnot standard
as though from a highsocialclass:
举止如上流社会地Shetalksdeadposh.她谈吐很文雅。
Class & class-consciousness in general
- anti-bourgeois
- anti-snob
- arriviste
- bougie
- gentrification
- gentrify
- go/come down in the worldidiom
- go/come up in the worldidiom
- pedigreed
- petit bourgeois
- petty bourgeois
- pleb
- social climbing
- social mobility
- the bottom of the heapidiom
- the gentry
- the petite bourgeoisie
- trailer trash
- underclass
- upper class