| 单词 | four hundred |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfour hundred four hundred n. U.S. the highest society of a locality. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > [noun] optimacy1579 aristocracy1651 great world1699 peerage1725 well-connected1788 governing class1795 patriciate1795 well-connected1831 caste1842 (the) salt of the earth1842 the leisured class(es1848 japonicadom1851 countyocracy1859 masterclass1861 proprietariat1872 four hundred1888 the Establishment1923 gratin1934 power élite1942 U1954 upper1955 topside1958 1888 N.Y. Tribune 8 Apr. 5/1 Not all of ‘the 400’ have yet returned from the South. 1889 Cent. Mag. Apr. 857/2 Her sayings and doings were as much a part of tea and dinner table gossip as they would be if she lived today and belonged to the ‘four hundred’. 1895 Sun (N.Y.) 1 Feb. The term Four Hundred has no actual meaning. It is a general phrase which stands for an exclusive association of people who represent the very best Society in this city. 1906 M. E. W. Freeman Light of Soul 93 People in Edgham aped society, they even talked about the ‘four hundred’. 1948 Coronet Aug. 36/1 To social strivers she is Queen of the 400. < as lemmas |
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