基本词汇
n.绅士;名流;贵族们
n.绅士;名流;贵族们
名词复数: gentries
英英释义
词典解释
noun
1. the most powerful members of a society
Synonym: aristocracy
1. 上流社会人士;绅士阶层;贵族阶层
The gentry are people of high social status or high birth.
e.g. Most of the country estates were built by the landed gentry during the late 19th century.
乡间的大部分房子都是那些有土地的乡绅在19世纪后期修建的。
经典引文
We haue raised Seianus from obscure, and almost vnknowne Gentry.
出自:Jonson'Tis madness to presume too much upon our birth and Gentry.
出自:Alan Ross