a gentleman; (depreciative) a man of low birth or social status who pretends or considers himself to be a gentleman; an upstart.
| 单词 | θ156921 |
| 释义 | society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > [noun] > parvenu or imitator of upper classes (36) Jack-gentleman1550 a gentleman; (depreciative) a man of low birth or social status who pretends or considers himself to be a gentleman; an upstart. truck-knight1625 see quots. court-card1699 figurative. Obsolete slang and dialect. parvenu1787 A person from a humble background who has rapidly gained wealth or an influential social position; a nouveau riche; an upstart, a social climber… cocktail1839 In extended use: a person (esp. a man) with pretensions of gentility but lacking good breeding, a parvenu; a person lacking a sense of socially… gent1843 colloquial. An unrefined, vulgar, or showy man; a man who dresses and acts ostentatiously in the belief that he is stylish and dapper. Obsolete. shoneena1849 (See quot. 1910.) Used (esp. attributively) to indicate a person's inclination towards English rather than Irish standards and attitudes in… snob1848 A person who admires and seeks to imitate, or associate with, those of higher social status or greater wealth; one who wishes to be regarded as a… shoddyite1865 a person who deals in shoddy; (also) one of the shoddy class. got-up1881 colloquial. An upstart. Obsolete. rare. shoddy1904 transferred and figurative. Worthless material made to look like what is of superior quality; what is worthless and pretentious in art… Subcategories:— collectively (5) — woman (3) — little, young, or petty (2) — one on the way to being a parvenu (1) — quality or condition of (7) — instance of (3) — description or study of (4) |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。