| 释义 |
gentry /jenˈtri/ noun- The class of people next below the rank of nobility
- Nobility, aristocracy
- People of a particular, esp an inferior, sort (informal)
- Rank by birth (archaic)
- The rank of gentleman (archaic)
- Good manners and courtesy (Shakespeare)
ORIGIN: OFr genterise, gentelise, formed from adj gentil gentle genˈtrice /-tris/ noun (archaic) - Good birth
- Good breeding
gentrificāˈtion noun - The movement of middle-class people into a formerly working-class area with the consequent change in the character of the area
- The modernizing of old, badly equipped property, usu with a view to increasing its value
genˈtrifier noun genˈtrify transitive verb |