conceit

B2 noun

Các nghĩa

năng lực nhận thức

The faculty of conceiving ideas; mental faculty; apprehension.

countable · uncountable

a man of quick conceit
trí tưởng tượng phong phú

Quickness of apprehension; active imagination; lively fancy.

countable · uncountable

His wit's as thick as Tewksbury mustard; there is no more conceit in him than is in a mallet.
ý tưởng kỳ lạ

A novel or fanciful idea; a whim.

countable

On his way to the gibbet, a freak took him in the head to go off with a conceit.
hình tượng văn chương

An ingenious expression or metaphorical idea, especially in extended form or used as a literary or rhetorical device.

countable · rhetoric
ngã mạn

Overly high self-esteem; vain pride; hubris.

uncountable

Plum'd with conceit he calls aloud.
kiểu dáng

Design; pattern.

countable · uncountable

And yet I know not how conceit may rob the treasury of life when life itself yields to the theft;