patrician
英 [pə'trɪʃ(ə)n]
美[pə'trɪʃən]
- adj. 贵族的；显贵的
- n. 贵族；有教养的人
中文词源
patrician 贵族的，上流社会的
来自拉丁语patricius,像父亲的，高贵的，贵族的，来自pater,父亲，词源同father.引申词义上流社会的。
英英释意
- 1. a person of refined upbringing and manners
- 2. a member of the aristocracy
英文词源
- patrician
- patrician: see patron
- patrician (n.)
- early 15c., "member of the ancient Roman noble order," from Middle French patricien, from Latin patricius "of the rank of the nobles, of the senators; of fatherly dignity," from patres conscripti "Roman senators," literally "fathers," plural of pater "father" (see father (n.)). Contrasted, in ancient Rome, with plebeius. Applied to noble citizens and higher orders of free folk in medieval Italian and German cities (sense attested in English from 1610s); hence "nobleman, aristocrat" in a modern sense (1630s). As an adjective, attested from 1610s, from the noun.
实用场景例句
- ...the patrician banker Sir Charles Villiers.
- 出身名门的银行家查尔斯·维利尔斯爵士
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He was a lean, patrician gent in his early sixties.
- 他60岁出头，是位有着贵族气派的清瘦绅士。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...her crisp, patrician voice.
- 她清脆的贵族口音
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The old patrician was buried in the family vault.
- 这位老贵族埋在家族的墓地里.
《简明英汉词典》
- How is your darling Patrician?
- 你们的小宝宝一切都好 吗 ?
期刊摘选
- The order forces the patrician families to choose sides.
- 这条命令迫使贵族家庭们选择支持哪一方.
期刊摘选
- Its patrician dignity was a picturesque sham.
- 它的贵族的尊严只是一套华丽的伪装.
辞典例句
- He forges an alliance with the duchy of Amex, ruled by the patrician John Robinson.
- 他打造了与贵族约翰?罗宾逊(JohnRobinson)统治的Amex公国(指美国运通)的联盟.
期刊摘选
- He was reticent, patrician, bookish, urbane.
- 他沉默含蓄, 雍容华贵, 书生气十足,而又温文有礼.
辞典例句
- The speech was a summons back to the patrician values of restraint and responsibility ( Jonathan Alter )
- 这个演说旨在在贵族们心中呼唤克制和责任感的价值标准 ( 乔纳森·奥尔特 )
期刊摘选
- But in practice Geneva was a patrician gerontocracy, dominated by a few families.
- 但日内瓦事实上是贵族的老龄政府，由一小部分家庭控制的。
辞典例句
- He was a lean, patrician gent in his early sixties.
- 他60岁出头，是位有着贵族气派的清瘦绅士。
柯林斯例句