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- having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
- some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines
- haughty aristocrats
- his lordly manners were offensive
- walked with a prideful swagger
- very sniffy about breaches of etiquette
- his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air
- a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shire
- Synonym: disdainful haughty imperious lordly overbearing prideful supercilious swaggering
数据来源：WordNet
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Some people are a bit sniffy about television .
某些人对电视有点嗤之以鼻。
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James got sniffy at what Bill had said .
詹姆斯对比尔说的话很不以为然。
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She 's a bit sniffy about my taste in music .
她对我的音乐品味抱着一种嗤之以鼻的态度。
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I don 't think Americans are in any position to get too sniffy about this .
我不觉得美国人有资格对此事嗤之以鼻。
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FASHIONABLE Japanese are sniffy about Uniqlo 's cheap clothes .
时尚的日本人对Uniqlo品牌的便宜衣服嗤之以鼻。时尚的日本人对Uniqlo品牌的便宜衣服嗤之以鼻。
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That name was changed by a sniffy editor to the " God " particle , and a legend was born .
而一位自命不凡的编辑略加修改，将其更名为“上帝粒子”，于是一个传说就这么诞生了。
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In an industry in which visionaries are often sniffy about anyone else 's ideas , the readiness to go elsewhere proved a devastating advantage .
在这个行业中，空想家们总是对别人的想法嗤之以鼻，创新的准备使微软具有了破坏性的优势。
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Professional linguists can be rather sniffy about conlangers , although Prof Frommer insists conlangs " can serve as laboratories to test ideas about language . "
专业的语言学家可能会瞧不起语言设计师，但弗罗默教授坚持认为人造语言“可以作为测试语言理念的实验室”。
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He is always puffing about the expensive wines he brings over to my place , and is then sniffy about the offerings I take round to his .
他总是吹嘘自己带到我家来的名贵红酒，而对我带到他家去的酒总是嗤之以鼻。