patrician是什么意思？

patrician

英[pəˈtrɪʃn] 美[pəˈtrɪʃən]

• adj. 贵族的，显贵的，（相貌等）贵族似的；
• n. 贵族，有教养的人，罗马帝国的地方官，中世纪意大利的显贵；

复数：patricians;

例句

• Its patrician dignity was a picturesque sham. 它的贵族的尊严只是一套华丽的伪装.
• The old patrician was buried in the family vault. 这位老贵族埋在家族的墓地里.
• ...her crisp, patrician voice. 她清脆的贵族口音
• He was a lean, patrician gent in his early sixties. 他60岁出头，是位有着贵族气派的清瘦绅士。
• ...the patrician banker Sir Charles Villiers. 出身名门的银行家查尔斯·维利尔斯爵士

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  贵族；豪门子弟
  A patrician is a person who comes from a family of high social rank.
  例句
  ...the patrician banker Sir Charles Villiers. 出身名门的银行家查尔斯·维利尔斯爵士
• ADJ-GRADED
  贵族的；有贵族气派的
  If you describe someone as patrician, you mean that they behave in a sophisticated way, and look as though they are from a high social rank.
  例句
  He was a lean, patrician gent in his early sixties. 他60岁出头，是位有着贵族气派的清瘦绅士。 ...her crisp, patrician voice. 她清脆的贵族口音

英汉词典释义

• n.
  贵族,显贵
  The old patrician was buried in the family vault. 这位老贵族埋在家族的墓地里。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a person of refined upbringing and manners
  2. a member of the aristocracy
• Adjective
  1. of the hereditary aristocracy or ruling class of ancient Rome or medieval Europe; of honorary nobility in the Byzantine empire
  2. belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy;
  "an aristocratic family""aristocratic Bostonians""aristocratic government""a blue family""blue blood""the blue-blooded aristocracy""of gentle blood""patrician landholders of the American South""aristocratic bearing""aristocratic features""patrician tastes"