English Dictionary

snob

IPA（発音記号）

/snɒb/

名詞

軽蔑的 くだけた表現 口語 古風 古語

(informal, derogatory) A person who wishes to be seen as a member of the upper classes and who looks down on those perceived to have inferior or unrefined tastes. / (colloquial) A cobbler or shoemaker.

日本語の意味

上流階級の一員であると見なされたいと思い、下層の人々を見下すような、いわゆるスノッブ（上流階級風を装う人）。 / 俗語的な意味で、靴職人、修理工（靴修理を生業とする人）。

Although he couldn't afford the watch, he acted like a snob at the party, criticizing everyone's choices.

彼はその時計を買う余裕がなかったにもかかわらず、パーティーでは上流社会を気取って他人を見下すように振る舞い、皆の選択を批判していた。

意味（1）

(informal, derogatory) A person who wishes to be seen as a member of the upper classes and who looks down on those perceived to have inferior or unrefined tastes.

Outside of his own set he was considered rather a snob, but as his set was the set, it never worried him.

意味（2）

(colloquial) A cobbler or shoemaker.

The snobs were also kind to him, and gave him a pair of boots which they assured him were of a type and quality reserved entirely for officers […]

意味（3）

(dated) A member of the lower classes; a commoner.

'D'ye know a slap-up sort of button, when you see it?' said the youth. 'Don't look at mine, if you ain't a judge, because these lions' heads was made for men of taste: not snobs.'

意味（4）

(archaic) A workman who works for lower wages than his fellows, or who will not join a strike.

意味（5）

(Cambridge University) A townsman, as opposed to a gownsman.

snobs （ plural ）