gentry

名词 n.
中文释义
发音 jĕnʹtrē

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Birth; condition; rank by birth. countable,uncountable
  2. Courtesy; civility; complaisance. countable,uncountable
  3. People of education and good breeding. countable,uncountable
    — landed gentry
  4. In a restricted sense, those people between the nobility and the yeomanry. UK,countable,uncountable

词形变化

gentries plural

词汇关系

近义词
the quality
衍生词
gentrify gentry bush gentry cove gentry mort landed gentry
相关词
gentrification

词源

From Old French genterie (“noble people collectively; nobility of character or manners”), from gent (“well-born”) + -erie.
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