英语词汇“officer-and-gentlemanly”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. (an) officer and (a) gentleman: a person occupying the position of both an officer and a gentleman, or embodying the civilized qualities supposedly characteristic of both. In later use frequently ironic. Also attributive or as adj. Hence officer-and-gentlemanly adj.

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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [noun] > good manners or polite behaviour > as a result of good breeding > specific person

(an) officer and (a) gentleman1828

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [adjective] > well-mannered > well-bred > of conduct

well-bred1614

Grandisonian1809

(an) officer and (a) gentleman1871

officer-and-gentlemanly1969

1646 Briefe & Compendious Narr. Robert, Earle of Essex 5 In April, 1643. Col: Massey Routed the Welch in the Forrest of Dean... Sir W. Waller took Manmouth in Wales. Sir W. Waller took Higman, and in it 150 Officers and Gentlemen

1781 T. Simes Mil. Guide (ed. 3) 4 Politeness should exceed authority, and the Officer subside in the gentleman.]

1828 C. White Almack's Revisited III. ix. 249 ‘If I knock a man down, for instance, with my fist, who has insulted me,’ replied the officer—‘that is unbecoming an officer and a gentleman, and I am cashiered.’

1855 E. C. Gaskell North & South I. xiv. 164 I will bear with all proper patience everything that one officer and gentleman can take from another.

1871 Porcupine 29 July 275/3 They want their purchase, their officer-and-gentleman hobby, their..agreeable club of an army left undisturbed.

1888 R. Kipling Arrest Lt. Golightly in Plain Tales from Hills 123 Golightly spent..that summer in trying to get the Corporal..tried by Court-Martial for arresting an ‘officer and a gentleman’.

1926 R. Kipling Debits & Credits 334 Ignatius is one of the subtlest intellects we have, and an officer and a gentleman to boot.

1946 E. O'Neill Iceman Cometh i. 48 I give you my word of honor as an officer and a gentleman, you shall be paid tomorrow.

1966 A. Prior Operators iii. 28 Oh, coming the officer and gentleman touch, was he?

1969 K. Giles Death cracks Bottle x. 110 We will just be very nice to the police in an officer-and-gentlemanly way.

1974 ‘J. Graham’ Bloody Passage i. 11 There wasn't much I could do except put my head on the block like an officer and a gentleman.

1993 Dict. National Biogr.: Missing Persons 145/2 The man on whom a whole later generation of expatriates..modelled themselves and their officer-and-gentlemanly acting careers.

单词	officer-and-gentlemanly
释义	> as lemmas officer-and-gentlemanly b. (an) officer and (a) gentleman: a person occupying the position of both an officer and a gentleman, or embodying the civilized qualities supposedly characteristic of both. In later use frequently ironic. Also attributive or as adj. Hence officer-and-gentlemanly adj. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [noun] > good manners or polite behaviour > as a result of good breeding > specific person (an) officer and (a) gentleman1828 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [adjective] > well-mannered > well-bred > of conduct well-bred1614 Grandisonian1809 (an) officer and (a) gentleman1871 officer-and-gentlemanly1969 1646 Briefe & Compendious Narr. Robert, Earle of Essex 5 In April, 1643. Col: Massey Routed the Welch in the Forrest of Dean... Sir W. Waller took Manmouth in Wales. Sir W. Waller took Higman, and in it 150 Officers and Gentlemen 1781 T. Simes Mil. Guide (ed. 3) 4 Politeness should exceed authority, and the Officer subside in the gentleman.] 1828 C. White Almack's Revisited III. ix. 249 ‘If I knock a man down, for instance, with my fist, who has insulted me,’ replied the officer—‘that is unbecoming an officer and a gentleman, and I am cashiered.’ 1855 E. C. Gaskell North & South I. xiv. 164 I will bear with all proper patience everything that one officer and gentleman can take from another. 1871 Porcupine 29 July 275/3 They want their purchase, their officer-and-gentleman hobby, their..agreeable club of an army left undisturbed. 1888 R. Kipling Arrest Lt. Golightly in Plain Tales from Hills 123 Golightly spent..that summer in trying to get the Corporal..tried by Court-Martial for arresting an ‘officer and a gentleman’. 1926 R. Kipling Debits & Credits 334 Ignatius is one of the subtlest intellects we have, and an officer and a gentleman to boot. 1946 E. O'Neill Iceman Cometh i. 48 I give you my word of honor as an officer and a gentleman, you shall be paid tomorrow. 1966 A. Prior Operators iii. 28 Oh, coming the officer and gentleman touch, was he? 1969 K. Giles Death cracks Bottle x. 110 We will just be very nice to the police in an officer-and-gentlemanly way. 1974 ‘J. Graham’ Bloody Passage i. 11 There wasn't much I could do except put my head on the block like an officer and a gentleman. 1993 Dict. National Biogr.: Missing Persons 145/2 The man on whom a whole later generation of expatriates..modelled themselves and their officer-and-gentlemanly acting careers. extracted from officern. < as lemmas
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