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单词 bourgeoise
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Definition of bourgeoise in English:

bourgeoise

adjective ˈbʊəʒwɑːzˈbo͝orZHwäz
  • Belonging to or characteristic of female members of the bourgeoisie.

    a cosy, bourgeoise, widowed ex-mayoress in a provincial town
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Some see it as bourgeoise bossiness (‘In my experience the huge majority of anti-smoking busybodies are women.’
    • And thus, not because of but despite neurology, a girl becomes the Viennese bourgeoise ideal of a woman.
    • A worthy dish, which can embody the sort of rusticity which the word ‘peasant’ evokes, but can also exhibit the kind of refinement associated with bourgeoise cookery.
noun ˈbʊəʒwɑːzˈbo͝orZHwäz
  • A female member of the bourgeoisie.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Fashion designers have always been capricious in relation to woman's size, but in the past it only affected the bourgeoise or women of a certain age.
    • Whereas France has its cuisine bourgeoise, most of us are more likely to pick up a ready meal from the supermarket than use good-quality local produce to cook a meal from scratch.
    • Mother appears to be an empty-headed bourgeoise, only interested in her appearance, her clothes, and seeing her daughters married.
    • Our newspapers were not so crooked, our politicians so crazed, our bourgeoise quite so exquisitely ripe for insult or assault.
    • The mother embodies the proper bourgeoise, mortified that she wet her skirt with fear, protective of her family, opposed to entering a stranger's property, but no one listens to her.

Origin

Late 18th century: French, feminine of bourgeois 'citizen' (see bourgeois).

 
 

Definition of bourgeoise in US English:

bourgeoise

adjectiveˈbo͝orZHwäz
  • Of or characteristic of female members of the bourgeoisie.

    a cozy, bourgeoise, widowed ex-mayoress in a provincial town
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Some see it as bourgeoise bossiness (‘In my experience the huge majority of anti-smoking busybodies are women.’
    • A worthy dish, which can embody the sort of rusticity which the word ‘peasant’ evokes, but can also exhibit the kind of refinement associated with bourgeoise cookery.
    • And thus, not because of but despite neurology, a girl becomes the Viennese bourgeoise ideal of a woman.
nounˈbo͝orZHwäz
  • A female member of the bourgeoisie.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Whereas France has its cuisine bourgeoise, most of us are more likely to pick up a ready meal from the supermarket than use good-quality local produce to cook a meal from scratch.
    • The mother embodies the proper bourgeoise, mortified that she wet her skirt with fear, protective of her family, opposed to entering a stranger's property, but no one listens to her.
    • Our newspapers were not so crooked, our politicians so crazed, our bourgeoise quite so exquisitely ripe for insult or assault.
    • Mother appears to be an empty-headed bourgeoise, only interested in her appearance, her clothes, and seeing her daughters married.
    • Fashion designers have always been capricious in relation to woman's size, but in the past it only affected the bourgeoise or women of a certain age.

Origin

Late 18th century: French, feminine of bourgeois ‘citizen’ (see bourgeois).

 
 
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