| 单词 | gentry |
| 释义 | gen·try 1. a. obsolete < show us so much gentry and goodwill — Shakespeare > b. < a favorite topic of discussion was whether apprenticeship to trade annulled gentry — A.R.Wagner > 2. a. < retains the idea of the gentry versus the lower classes — Sinclair Lewis > < the two chief classes of New England: the yeomanry … and the gentry, a group of capable merchants — V.L.Parrington > < a gentry … a class of rich people able to cultivate themselves with an expensive education — G.B.Shaw > b. < the English gentry have never had the permanence of the Scottish landed families — L.G.Pine > c. < rural gentry from the 169 towns of Connecticut — American Guide Series: Connecticut > < no love was lost between … gentry and hillbilly commoners — C.V.Woodward > 3. a. < redingotes in the loud, colored, checks, popular with the sporting gentry — New York Times > b. < they do a lot of damage … these gentry with their open diplomacy, openly arrived at — Howard Spring > < provide a wealth of … data on the activities of these gentry — American Polit. Sci. Review > 4. dialect chiefly Britain < the gentry who harass travelers with tricks — James Reynolds > |
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