gentry
美['dʒentri] 英['dʒentri]
n. 绅士;名流;贵族们
英英释义
Noun- the most powerful members of a society
例句
用作名词(n.)- The English gentry is next below the nobility.英国绅士的地位仅次于贵族。
- The peasants' revolt disturbed the gentry's sweet dreams.农民在乡里造反,搅动了绅士们的酣梦。
- In the Eighteenth Century, the clergy, like the nobility and gentry, often rode to hounds.在18世纪,神职人员跟贵族和上流社会人士一样,常常骑马打猎。
- In old society, the gentry lived in luxury.在旧社会,贵族们生活奢侈。
- She was an old woman who for twenty years had brought the neighbouring gentry into the world.她是个上了年纪的女人,二十年来,邻近的许许多多上层社会的绅士们都是由她接生的。
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