patrician

英 [pə'trɪʃ(ə)n] 美 [pə'trɪʃən]

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※ 提供单词"patrician"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

patrician 贵族的，上流社会的

来自拉丁语patricius,像父亲的，高贵的，贵族的，来自pater,父亲，词源同father.引申词义上流社会的。

patrician: patrician: see patron
patrician (n.): early 15c., "member of the ancient Roman noble order," from Middle French patricien, from Latin patricius "of the rank of the nobles, of the senators; of fatherly dignity," from patres conscripti "Roman senators," literally "fathers," plural of pater "father" (see father (n.)). Contrasted, in ancient Rome, with plebeius. Applied to noble citizens and higher orders of free folk in medieval Italian and German cities (sense attested in English from 1610s); hence "nobleman, aristocrat" in a modern sense (1630s). As an adjective, attested from 1610s, from the noun.

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1. He was a lean, patrician gent in his early sixties.: 他60岁出头，是位有着贵族气派的清瘦绅士。

3. But in practice Geneva was a patrician gerontocracy, dominated by a few families.: 但日内瓦事实上是贵族的老龄政府，由一小部分家庭控制的。