Word · Frequency #17346
arty
附庸风雅的；装作爱好艺术的
showily or affectedly imitative of art or artists
- 1.
Inclined towards the arts.
倾向于艺术的；爱好艺术的。
倾向于艺术的；爱好艺术的。；装作爱好艺术的；附庸风雅的
In use
He decorated his office with arty posters of famous paintings, though he never visited a museum.
The cafe is a bit arty for my taste, with abstract sculptures and jazz music.
She tried to sound arty by quoting famous painters, but her knowledge was shallow.
be arty
arty 常含贬义，指装作爱好艺术而非真正热爱。
He is a bit arty, but his taste is questionable.
他有点附庸风雅，但品味不敢恭维。
an arty person
She's an arty person who loves avant-garde films.
她是个附庸风雅的人，喜欢前卫电影。
arty style
The cafe has an arty style with fake paintings on the walls.
这家咖啡馆有一种附庸风雅的风格，墙上挂着假画。
Connections
Collocations
- arty types
- 附庸风雅的人
- The gallery was full of arty types pretending to understand the paintings.画廊里挤满了装作看懂画作的附庸风雅之人。
- arty pretensions
- 附庸风雅的做派
- She has arty pretensions but never sets foot in a museum.她附庸风雅，却从不去博物馆。
- arty crowd
- 附庸风雅的圈子
- He fell in with the arty crowd during his student days.学生时代他和那群附庸风雅的人混在了一起。
- arty film
- 故作高深的文艺片
- It was just another arty film with no real story.那不过是又一部故作高深、没有真正情节的文艺片。
- arty cafe
- 装文艺的咖啡馆
- There's an arty cafe on the corner that sells overpriced coffee.街角有一家装文艺的咖啡馆，咖啡卖得很贵。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记住 arty=art+y：把艺术(art)硬加个尾巴，就像外行硬装艺术范儿、附庸风雅。
Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：日常口语、非正式评价 多用于非正式场合或口语，通常带有批评或贬义，指某人故作有艺术修养或附庸风雅。
Grammar Note
多含贬义
Pronunciation & Spelling
发音提示：按所给非卷舌音标 /ˈɑːti/，party /ˈpɑːti/、hearty /ˈhɑːti/、tarty /ˈtɑːti/ 与 arty 押韵；city /ˈsɪti/、pretty /ˈprɪti/、dirty /ˈdɜːti/ 虽同以 -ty 结尾、也读 /ti/，但重读元音不同，不押韵。美式卷舌音中这些带 r 的拼写会读出 r，但押韵关系不变。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.