gentlemanlike

形容词 adj.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Like a gentleman; courteous.
    — He bowed to me, he madamed me, he was throughout as gentlemanlike and respectful as I had ever found him when we met at Old Harbour House or in Old Harbour Town.

词形变化

more gentlemanlike comparative most gentlemanlike superlative gentleman-like alternative

词源

Etymology tree
English gentleman
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-West Germanic *-līk
Old English -līċ
Middle English -like
English -like
English gentlemanlike
From gentleman + -like.
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