| 单词 | fine world |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfine world fine world n. now historical fashionable society; = beau monde n. [After French beau monde beau monde n.] ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > fashionable society > [noun] higheOE high life?a1518 towna1616 world1618 grand monde1673 society1693 beau monde1712 fine world1740 monde1765 tonc1770 high society1782 fashion1807 all the world1808 society1840 smart set1851 swelldom1854 Fifth Avenue1858 fashionabledom1859 haut monde1864 the big cheesea1910 higlif1911 haute Bohème1925 café society1937 jet set1949 beautiful people1950 1740 C. Cibber Apol. Life C. Cibber xii. 226 Their Novelty..drew vast Audiences of the fine World. 1801 H. More Wks. VIII. 181 Persons who are pleased exclusively to call themselves..the fine world. 1902 J. Sully Ess. on Laughter 331 It is pleasant to a humorous contemplation to note the high pretensions of the ‘fine world’. 2005 V. Irvine King's Wife ii. 21 By far the most fashionable musical venue was the Royal Italian Opera at the King's Theatre in the Haymarket. Here all the fine world listened to operas and observed one another. < as lemmas |
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