patricians是什么意思？

patricians

英[pət'rɪʃnz] 美[pət'rɪʃnz]

• n. （古罗马的）统治阶层成员( patrician的名词复数 )，贵族，显贵；

例句

• There was a conflict between plebs and patricians in ancient Rome in 494 BC. 在公元前494年,罗马发生了一次平民反对贵族的斗争.

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