He's quite a character around New York -- a denizen of Broadway. "是什么意思？

He's quite a character around New York -- a denizen of Broadway. "

他在纽约是个人物 —— 百老汇的地头蛇. ”

quite

adv. 相当，很，非常，确实如此；

例句
For a novelist, that's quite an accomplishment...
对于一位小说家来说，那是相当了不起的成就。

character

n. 性格，特点，字母，角色，人物；vt. 刻，印，使具有特征；

例句
Into her nineties, her thinking remained acute and her character forceful...
虽已年届九旬，她依然头脑敏锐，个性很强。

around

adv. 大约，旋转，到处，四处，在周围；prep. 围绕，在附近，前后，左右，在…周围；

例句
He has never put an arm around his wife to accommodate photographers...
他从未为了迎合摄影师而搂住妻子。

new

adj. 新的，崭新的，新鲜的，新到的，现代的，初次（听到）的；adv. 新近，最近；

例句
When I listen to her play I can hear a new Nigel Kennedy.
从她的演奏中我听出了新一代的奈杰尔·肯尼迪。

York

vt. （板球）使击球员出局；

例句
This was, New York apart, the first American city I had ever been in where people actually lived downtown.
除了纽约，这是我到过的第一个人们确实住在市中心的美国城市。

denizen

n. 居民，住户；

例句
The amoeba, a denizen of fresh water, is such a case.
变形虫, 一种淡水生物, 就是这种情况.

of

prep. 关于，属于…的，由…制成；aux. 助动词 [非标准用语、方言] =have [主用于虚拟语气]；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

Broadway

大路，宽阔的公路；

例句
...Kurt Weill's Broadway opera with lyrics by Langston Hughes.
由兰斯顿·休斯作词的库尔特·韦尔的百老汇歌剧