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单词 gent
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(dʒent)
Word forms: plural gents
1. countable noun
Gent is an informal and old-fashioned word for gentleman.
Mr Blake was a gent. He knew how to behave.
2. singular noun [with singular or plural verb]
People sometimes refer to a public toilet for men as the gents.
[British, informal]
3. countable noun
Gents is used when addressing men in an informal, humorous way, especially in the expression 'ladies and gents'.
[humorous, informal]
Don't be left standing, ladies and gents, while a bargain slips past your eyes.

gent in British English

(dʒɛnt)
noun
informal short for gentleman

Gent in British English

(xɛnt)
noun
the Flemish name for Ghent

Gent in American English

(xɛnt)
Flemish
Ghent

gent in American English 1

(dʒɛnt)
noun
Informal
a gentleman; man
Idioms:
the Gents

gent in American English 2

(dʒɛnt)
adjective
Obsolete
pretty; graceful
Word origin
ME < OFr < L genitus, born, pp. of gignere, to beget, produce: see genus

Examples of 'gent' in a sentence
gent

Many will pay to pull on their tweed and live the life of a country gent for a day.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
It's all down to the sport and country gents and poaching.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He is a perfect gent about it.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
What had so upset the old gent?
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
One of the last true gents in the music business.
The Sun (2006)
An elderly gent comes into the office and talks to one of the young elect.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The old gent talking to his companion as the interval began had it about right.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The old gent gave it another penalty kick and stalked off.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Just then we bomb past an old gent in a fishing boat.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
So far, so much the country gent.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
At least it sounds as if he's the perfect gent in a relationship.
The Sun (2007)
He had morals, was a true gent and a great man.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
He's a true gent and a great athlete.
The Sun (2012)
Fantastic player, true gent and deserves a knighthood.
The Sun (2016)
I also spotted an elderly gent erecting his sun umbrella.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
This lady is a gent.
The Sun (2007)
We say The perfect geezer gent.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
HOW do you turn a common writer such as me into an English gent?
The Sun (2015)
A real country gent: brogues and thick socks and a waistcoat.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
I am a hardworking elderly gent, already paying loads of tax.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The death of the gent: is old-fashioned charm obsolete?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
We've lost a true English gent.
The Sun (2011)
It clashed disastrously with his English gent's pinstripe shirt.
The Sun (2006)
Now, he's like a perfect gent.
The Sun (2007)
Scared It's simply that he has fewer reasons to see the doc than the average lady or elderly gent.
The Sun (2008)

Chinese translation of 'gent'

gent

(dʒɛnt) (Brit) (inf)

n (c)

  1. 绅(紳)士 (shēnshì) (名, míng)

see also

gents

Nearby words of
gent

  • genial
  • genitals
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