/snɒb ||; snɑb/noun [C] a person who thinks he/she is better than sb of a lower social class and who admires people who have a high social position 谄上欺下的人；势利的人: He's such a snob -- he wears his Oxford University tie all the time. 他真是个势利小人，老是系着他那条牛津大学的领带。 ➔snobbish adj ➔snobbishly adv ➔snobbishness noun [U]