patrician

• adj. 贵族的；显贵的
• n. 贵族；有教养的人

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.

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。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The old patrician was buried in the family vault.

这位老贵族埋在家族的墓地里.

来自《简明英汉词典》

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。

来自辞典例句

4. Its patrician dignity was a picturesque sham.

它的贵族的尊严只是一套华丽的伪装.

来自辞典例句

5. He was reticent, patrician, bookish, urbane.

他沉默含蓄, 雍容华贵, 书生气十足,而又温文有礼.

来自辞典例句