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puffed up adjective uk /ˌpʌft ˈʌp/ us /ˌpʌft ˈʌp/ too pleased or satisfied about something that you have achieved: 膨胀,傲慢,自负 I was so puffed up with pride that I thought I could do it my way and make up my rules.我自以为是,以为可以按照自己的方式去做,制定自己的规则。 He has a puffed up sense of his own importance.他对自己的重要性非常自负。 He is all puffed up because he has learned a new word. Jack Dee played an ambitious, puffed up second-ranking minister with his eyes on the top table. If she comes back with a puffed up ego there will be problems. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Showing arrogance and conceit (as) proud as Luciferidiom airs and gracesidiom arrogant arrogantly as if you owned the placeidiom egoistic egoistically egomaniacal egomaniacally egotistic patronizing patronizingly pomposity pompous pompously swollen head swollen-headed talk down to someone think the (whole) world revolves around youidiom throw your weight aroundidiom |