debonair

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /dɛbəˈneə(ɹ)/    美 /dɛbəˈnɛɹ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Debonaire behaviour; graciousness. obsolete
    — But yet, shall my vanity extend only to personals, such as the gracefulness of dress, my debonnaire, and my assurance—Self-taught, self-acquired, these!
形容词 adj.
  1. Gracious, courteous. obsolete
    — Let be that Ladie debonaire, / Thou recreant knight, and soone thy selfe prepaire / To battell […].
  2. Suave, urbane and sophisticated.
    — “He's doing it wrong! I am much more suave, debonair, and sophisticated than that!” “Yes, Dan, that's a very debonair stain you have on your shirt.” “I'll have you know I have sophistication coming out the wazoo!”
  3. Charming, confident, and carefully dressed. especially
    — The hard launch of what appeared to be the hottest new relationship in town – Billanna? Winty? – at the 2023 Met Gala saw Vogue supremo Wintour, who has hosted the Met Gala for 30 years, walk the red carpet arm in arm with the dashing and debonair Love Actually star, a man Clive James named “the nation’s leading male sexpot”.

词形变化

more debonair comparative most debonair superlative debonaire alternative debonnaire alternative débonnaire alternative debonaire alternative debonnaire alternative débonnaire alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
debonairly debonairness

词源

词源 1
Via Middle English debonaire from Old French de bon aire (“of good stock; noble”).
词源 2
Via Middle English debonaire from Old French de bon aire (“of good stock; noble”).
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