Conceit



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 自负, 自大
• ［英］ n. 自负, 自大 ( an exaggerated opinion of oneself; vanity)
• ［记］ con＋ceit=ceive ( 拿) -> 拿出架子 -> 自负
• ［同］ 派生词: conceited ( adj. 自负的, 自高自大的)
• ［例］ That girl's full of conceit.

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from conceivre
• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a.
    • (1) a result of mental activity ; thought
    • (2) individual opinion
  • b. favorable opinion; especially excessive appreciation of one's own worth or virtue
• 2. a fancy item or trifle
• 3.
  • a. a fanciful idea
  • b. an elaborate or strained metaphor
  • c. use or presence of such conceits in poetry
  • d. an organizing theme or concept <found his conceit for the film early — Peter Wilkinson

II. transitive verb

• Date: 1557
• 1. obsolete conceive, understand
• 2. chiefly dialect imagine
• 3. dialect British to take a fancy to

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