poser

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How to pronounce poser in British English: 英 [ˈpəʊzə(r)]word uk audio image

How to pronounce poser in American English: 美 [ˈpoʊzə(r)] word us audio image

  • Noun:
    a person who habitually pretends to be something he is not
    a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor
    a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem

单词词源

poser (n.)
"one who practices an affected attitude," 1881, agent noun from pose (v.1); revived in teen-ager slang by 1983. Meaning "question that puzzles" is from 1793 from pose (v.2); earlier it meant "one who asks testing questions" (1580s).

双语例句

1. Being called arrogant is a terrible slur , it means that you 're not only a failure , but a poser as well .

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