English Dictionary

put on airs

動詞

慣用表現

(idiomatic) To become haughty, to assume a pretentious manner.

日本語の意味

気取った態度をとる、偉そうに振る舞う。 / 見せかけの威厳を装う、うえぼれた態度になる。

After getting the promotion, she began to put on airs and avoided her old friends.

昇進してから、彼女は偉そうに振る舞い、昔の友人たちを避けるようになった。

意味（1）

(idiomatic) To become haughty, to assume a pretentious manner.

Even Timothy, the jointed wooden lion, who was made by the disabled soldiers, and should have had broader views, put on airs and pretended he was connected with Government.

puts on airs （ present singular third-person ）

putting on airs （ participle present ）

put on airs （ participle past ）

put on airs （ past ）