gentry
gentry
[ˈdʒɛntri]
noun
[ˈdʒɛntri]
noun
- [mass noun](常 the gentry)people of good social position, specifically the class of people next below the nobility in position and birth
社会地位高的人（专指仅次于贵族阶级的人）
a member of the landed gentry.
有地产的上等阶层的一员。
■[with adj.](derogatory or humorous)people of a specified kind
(贬 或幽默)特定种类的人
radar devices beyond the comprehension of all but the bespectacled gentry who invented them.
除了那些戴眼镜的发明者谁也弄不懂的雷达装置。
- late Middle English (in the sense 'superiority of birth or rank'): from Anglo-Norman French genterie, based on gentil (see gentle)
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