stuffed shirt

英 [ˌstʌft ˈʃɜːt]

美 [ˌstʌft ˈʃɜːrt]

n.  一本正经的人; 古板的人; 保守的人

牛津词典

noun

• 一本正经的人；古板的人；保守的人
  a person who is very serious, formal or old-fashioned

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (尤指身居要职的)一本正经的人，古板的人，保守的人
  If you describe someone, especially someone with an important position, as astuffed shirt, you mean that they are extremely formal and old-fashioned.
  1. In a pinstriped suit he instantly looked like a stuffed shirt.
     穿上一套细条纹西装后，他马上就显得一本正经起来。

英英释义

noun

• a bore who is extremely formal, pompous, and old-fashioned

双语例句

• Take, for example, the experience of a first-time British visitor to Greece. He only seems like a stuffed shirt when you first meet him.
  就拿一个初次到希腊的英国人的经历来说吧。只有初次见面时，他看起来才会显得道貌岸然。
• Your neighbour's a bit of a stuffed shirt. He seems very proud and serious, and he never smiles of jokes with anyone.
  你的邻居是一个有点自命不凡的人。他好象很高傲并且很严肃，从不对别人微笑或同别人说笑话。
• This is the moral side of the problem. He only seems like a stuffed shirt when you first meet him.
  这是问题的道德层面。只有初次见面时，他看起来才会显得道貌岸然。
• As a further incentive, when the middle-class students graduate, Harvard gives them their first stuffed shirt.
  为了更加刺激他们，当这些中等阶级学生毕业的时候，还给他们一次摆阔的机会。
• Though Smith is just an ordinary employee in this company, he acts like a stuffed shirt.
  虽然史密斯只是这个公司里的一个普通职员，但他的行为却象一个自命不凡的人。
• In a pinstriped suit he instantly looked like a stuffed shirt.
  穿上一套细条纹西装后，他马上就显得一本正经起来。
• He stuffed his sling back in his shirt.
  他把弹弓塞回进衬衣内。
• He is a stuffed shirt type of professor.
  （他是位自大型的教授。）（？形容？）
• My boss is a stuffed shirt, bragging all the time.
  我的老板神气十足，整天在吹嘘。
• Don't invite him, he's such a stuffed shirt.
  别邀请他，他呆板得让人受不了。