gentleman

名词 n.
中文释义
美 [ˈd͡ʒɛɾ̃.ɫ̩.mən]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any well-bred, well-mannered, or charming man.
    — I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields, in no very mild state of fear of that gentleman's wife, whose vigilance was seldom relaxed.
  2. Any man. broadly,polite,term-of-address
    — Please escort this gentleman to the gentlemen's room.
  3. A man of gentle but not noble birth, particularly a man of means (originally ownership of property) who does not work for a living but has no official status in a peerage; (UK law) an armigerous man ranking below a knight. historical
    — Being a gentleman, Robert was entitled to shove other commoners into the gongpit but he still had to jump out of the way of the knights to avoid the same fate himself.
  4. An effeminate or oversophisticated man. derogatory
    — Well, la-di-da, aren't you just a proper gentleman?
  5. An amateur or dabbler in any field, particularly those of independent means. derogatory,historical,sometimes,usually
    — Latrobe had extensive dealings with Jefferson, the most prominent gentleman-architect in the United States.
  6. An amateur player, particularly one whose wealth permits him to forego payment.

词形变化

gentlemen plural

词汇关系

衍生词
April gentleman country gentleman first gentleman gent gentleboy gentleman about town gentleman and scholar gentleman-at-arms gentleman-commoner gentleman cow gentleman farm gentleman farmer gentlemanhood gentleman-in-waiting gentlemanish gentlemanism gentlemanize Gentleman Jim gentlemanliness gentlemanly gentleman of leisure gentleman of the back door gentleman-pensioner gentleman ranker gentleman's bet gentleman's C gentleman scientist gentleman's gentleman gentlemanship gentleman usher gentlemen's agreement gentlemen's club gentlemen's room gentlethem ladies and gentlemen leading gentleman old gentleman put the beggar on the gentleman Reverend Gentleman scholar and gentleman second gentleman temporary gentleman transgentleman ungentleman walking gentleman
相关词
gentlewoman gentlelady

词源

From Middle English gentilman, morphologically gentle + man, partial calque of Old French gentilhome.
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