pretentious (especially with regard to language or ideals);
"high-flown talk of preserving the moral tone of the school"
"a high-sounding dissertation on the means to attain social revolution"
high-sounding的用法和樣例:
例句
用作形容詞 (adj.)
He will speak against the Most High and oppress his saints and try to change the set times and the laws. 他必向至高者說誇大的話,必折磨至高者的聖民,必想改變節期和律法。
Celebrity designers crafted flight attendants' uniforms in colorful silks, psychedelic patterns and fitted dresses that sported hems as high as the times. 名流設計師用彩色的絲綢面料設計乘務員的制服,產生迷幻效果的樣式和合體的連衣裙,帶著誇張的炫耀褶邊。
In this poem of yours, you have not been trying to make a sounding piece of literature. 你寫這首詩的時候,並不想寫一篇夸夸其談的文學作品。