单词 | noble |
释义 | no·ble ![]() adj. no·bler, no·blest 1. Possessing hereditary rank in a political system or social class derived from a feudalistic stage of a country's development. 2. a. Having or showing qualities of high moral character, such as courage, generosity, or honor: a noble spirit. b. Proceeding from or indicative of such a character; showing magnanimity: "What poor an instrument / May do a noble deed!" (Shakespeare). 3. Grand and stately in appearance; majestic: "a mighty Spanish chestnut, bare now of leaves, but in summer a noble tree" (Richard Jeffries). 4. Chemistry Inactive or inert. n. 1. A member of the nobility. 2. A gold coin formerly used in England, worth half of a mark. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin nōbilis; see gnō- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] noble·ness n. nobly adv. |
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