🔍 牛津詞典
🔍 朗文詞典
🔍 劍橋詞典
🔍 柯林斯詞典
🔍 麥美倫詞典
🔍 韋氏詞典 🎯

檢索以下詞典:
(Mr. Ng 不推薦使用 Google 翻譯!)
最近搜尋:
TOEFL BNC: 19353 COCA: 17757

conceit

conceit /kənˈsiːt/ noun
plural conceits
conceit
/kənˈsiːt/
noun
plural conceits
Learner's definition of CONCEIT
[noncount] : too much pride in your own worth or goodness自负;骄傲自大
[count] literary : an idea that shows imagination幻想;奇想
TOEFL BNC: 19353 COCA: 17757

conceit

1 of 2

noun

con·​ceit kən-ˈsēt How to pronounce conceit (audio)
1
a
: favorable opinion
especially : excessive appreciation of one's own worth or virtue
… the landlord's conceit of his own superior knowledge … Adam Smith
b(1)
: a result of mental activity : thought
(2)
: individual opinion
2
a
: a fanciful idea
b
: an elaborate or strained metaphor
The poem abounds in metaphysical conceits.
c
: use or presence of such conceits in poetry
d
: an organizing theme or concept
… found his conceit for the film early … Peter Wilkinson
… the historian's conceit that the past is forever prologue … Leon V. Sigal
3
: a fancy item or trifle
Conceits were fancy desserts, made either of sugar … or pastry. Francie Owen

conceit

2 of 2

verb

conceited; conceiting; conceits

transitive verb

1
chiefly dialectal : imagine
2
dialectal British : to take a fancy to
3
obsolete : conceive, understand

Example Sentences

Noun His conceit has earned him many enemies. the conceit that the crowd at the outdoor rock concert was a vast sea of people waving to the beat of the music Verb after a huge meal like that, I cannot conceit eating another thing for the rest of the day
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Also, each subplot is meant to evoke different film genres, which is a clever conceit, but the genres (prison breakout movie, stoner action comedy, '80s slasher horror, eg) don't always mesh particularly well. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 17 July 2022 Obviously traveling from city to city is the conceit of this particular trip. Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2021 It’s all just a little too immaculately rendered to be satisfying, or even compelling beyond the initial conceit. Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2022 Dunham’s conceit combines the realistic sleaze of Red Rocket and the gynophobic conceptual fantasy of Todd Haynes’s Safe. Armond White, National Review, 17 Aug. 2022 In 1990, Andrew Bergman directed The Freshman, a Matthew Broderick comedy whose chief conceit was casting Marlon Brando to play a Mob boss whom everyone in the movie could see looked exactly like, well, Vito Corleone. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 July 2022 Renaissance channels the energy and the conceit of the club into a demonstration of self-love. Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2022 The conceit invests the work of Hummon and co-book writer Charles Randolph-Wright — who also supplies excellent direction — with historical accuracy. Peter Marks, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2022 The former works fine and Laird Mackintosh leans generously and self-effacingly into the conceit. Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun and Verb

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from conceivre — see conceive

First Known Use

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1b(1)

Verb

1557, in the meaning defined at sense 3

Time Traveler
The first known use of conceit was in the 14th century
TOEFL BNC: 19353 COCA: 17757

👨🏻‍🏫 Mr. Ng 韋氏詞典 📚 – mw.mister5️⃣.net
切換為繁體中文
Site Uptime