| 单词 | bachelor |
| 释义 | bachelor (once / 549 pages) 1nv 2n There are two criteria needed in order to be a bachelor: one is that you can’t be married, and the other is that you have to be a man. Any people outside of these criteria are some other word. The origins of bachelor are unclear, but some similar Latin words are baccalāris (“farm hand”), baccalārium (“dairy farm”), and bacca (“cow”). Maybe some bachelors spent a lot of time milking cows before getting married in the olden days. The phrase “eligible bachelor” means a guy who would make a great husband, and the phrase “confirmed bachelor” describes a man who is having so much fun being single that he’ll probably never marry. Either way, pronounce it like this: BATCH-uh-lur. WORD FAMILYbachelor: bachelored, bachelorhood, bachelors+/bachelorhood: bachelorhoods USAGE EXAMPLESThey are now separated, and Mr. Viall gets his own season of “The Bachelor.” New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) He graduated from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn., with a bachelor’s degree in drama. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) Through programs for inmates, she earned a bachelor’s degree in behavioral science followed by a master’s in psychology. New York Times(Jan 12, 2012) 1 1n a man who has never been married Syn|Hyper unmarried man adult male, man an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman) 2v lead a bachelor's existence 2Syn|Hyper bach live lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style n a knight of the lowest order; could display only a pennon Syn|Hyper bachelor-at-arms, knight bachelor knight originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit |
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