单词 | gentlefolk |
释义 | gentlefolk (once / 8359 pages) n WORD FAMILY gentlefolk: gentlefolks USAGE EXAMPLESBecause imagine them trying to act like proper mannered gentlefolk! Time(Aug 09, 2012) She was a patrician, the child of long generations of aristocratic associations, while he, although his father and mother were gentlefolk, was a commoner. Hocking, Joseph, The Everlasting Arms(2012) Poor princes and wretched gentlefolk mysteriously above retail trade, may taste only the faint unsatisfactory shadow of these delights with trays of stamps or butterflies. Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), Kipps—The Story of a Simple Soul(2012) n people of good family and breeding and high social status Hyper common people, folk, folks people in general (often used in the plural) |
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