posh
adjective uk/pɒʃ/ us/pɑːʃ/
B2 informal高档的，一流的
(of places and things) expensive and of high quality
He takes her to some really posh restaurants. 他带她去了一些真正高档的饭店。
C2 UK informal（人或口音）上流社会的；谈吐高雅的
(of people and their voices) from a high social class
A woman with a very posh accent phoned for him earlier. 一位谈吐高雅的女士早些时候打电话找他。
too posh to push UK informal humorous （女人）选择剖腹产的
used for describing a woman from a high social class who chooses to have a caesarean section (= a medical operation) to have her baby
Researchers did not find much evidence of the so-called "too posh to push" phenomenon.
Women who followed the example of stars like Patsy Kensit were branded "too posh to push".
These "too posh to push" ladies believe that a caesarean birth will be easier for them.
They advocate tightening up on the "too posh to push" brigade who request caesareans without medical justification.
I've never met a woman who was too posh to push but I've definitely met women who were scared.
- More examples
- It's a posh bit of London.
- She's got a very posh car.
- The shops looked so posh I didn't dare go in.
- She's from a very posh family.
- His girlfriend is really posh.
posh
adverb uk/pɒʃ/ us/pɑːʃ/
UK not standard举止如上流社会地
as though from a high social class
She talks dead posh. 她谈吐很文雅。