conceits
n.
高傲( conceit的名词复数 );
自以为;
巧妙的词语;
别出心裁的比喻;
例句:
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He jotted down the conceits of his idle hours.
他记下了闲暇时想到的一些看法.
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The most grotesque fantastic conceits haunted him in his bed at night.
夜晚躺在床上的时候,各种离奇怪诞的幻想纷至沓来.
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Their metaphor degenerates into a series of isolated and barren conceits.
他们的隐喻变为一系列孤立而贫乏的牵强附会.
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Their conceits have wings, Fleeter than arrows.
来自Love's Labour's Lost,Shakespeare
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Fluent in language to express their conceits.
来自T. Fuller
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Despite our grandiose ideas and our lofty self-conceits, we are still humble animals.
来自D. Morris