belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy;
"an aristocratic family"
"aristocratic Bostonians"
"aristocratic government"
"a blue family"
"blue blood"
"the blue-blooded aristocracy"
"of gentle blood"
"patrician landholders of the American South"
"aristocratic bearing"
"aristocratic features"
"patrician tastes"
patrician的用法和样例:
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用作形容词 (adj.)
Its patrician dignity was a picturesque sham. 它的贵族的尊严只是一套华丽的伪装。
She comes from an old patrician family. 她出身名门望族。
用作名词 (n.)
The old patrician was buried in the family vault . 这位老贵族埋在家族的墓地里。
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形容词
经典引文
The power..vested in the senate truly belonged to the patrician order.
出自: W. Spalding
Amid the drawling consciously patrician tones, a hint of suburban vowels.