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brahmin

/brah-min/US // ˈbrɑ mɪn //UK // (ˈbrɑːmɪn) //

婆罗门,婆罗门教徒,婆罗门教,婆罗门教徒

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural Brah·min, Brah·mins.

    • : Hinduism. Brahman.
    • : a person usually from an old, respected family who, because of wealth and social position, wields considerable social, economic, and political power.
    • : a person who is intellectually or socially aloof.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of, relating to, or characteristic of a Brahmin: the Brahmin attitudes of a true aristocrat.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as ingentle
Synonyms
courteous有礼貌的,有礼貌,有礼,有礼的elegant幽雅,幽雅的,幽美,幽静genteel文雅,文雅的,文绉绉的,文诌诌polite以礼相待,以客为尊,以礼待人cultured有文化的,有教养的,有文化的人,有文化polished锃亮的,抛光的,锃亮,锃光瓦亮的refined精致,精致的,精制,精制的aristocratic贵族化,贵族式,贵族,贵族式的blue-blooded蓝血人,蓝血病,蓝血病人,蓝血病患者highborn高生,高出生率,高出生,高产highbred高血统,高血统的人,高种群,高血统的noble崇高的,崇高,昂贵的,崇尚upper-class上流社会,上流社会的,上层社会,上流社会的人well-born生得好的,生得好,家境殷实,家境殷实的well-bred训练有素的,养尊处优,训练有素,养尊处优的
Antonyms
impolite不礼貌的,不客气的,不客气,不礼貌rough粗略,粗略的,粗略的说,粗暴rude无礼,无礼的,不客气,不客气的uncivil不文明,不文明的,不公,不文明行为unmannerly不端庄,不修边幅,不端庄的,不雅观unrefined未经加工的,未经加工处理的,未经加工,未经加工的产品unsophisticated不成熟的,淳朴,不成熟,淳朴的crude粗略的,粗鲁的,粗陋的,粗略harsh严厉的,苛刻的,严酷的,严厉loud大声,大声的,大声说,大声音low低,低的,低位,低级odorous有异味的,有气味的,异味,有异味putrid腐臭的,腐臭,腐烂的,腐臭的东西sharp尖锐,犀利,尖锐的,锐利strong强大的,强有力,强壮的,强壮troubled穷途末路,困扰的,愦愦,困扰unkind无情的,无情,刻薄,刻薄寡恩violent激烈的,暴力的,猛烈的,暴力wild野生,野性,野外,野生的
as insocialite
Synonyms
debutante名媛,名媛淑女,名媛小姐,名媛贵族deb碎片,辩论noble崇高的,崇高,昂贵的,崇尚patrician父权主义者,父权制,乡绅,元老级人物blueblood蓝血人,蓝血病,蓝血球,蓝血gentleperson温柔的人,温文尔雅的人,温和的人,温柔人lace curtain蕾丝窗帘,蕾丝帘子,蕾丝帷幕,蕾丝帘member of the upper class上流社会成员,上流社会人士,上流社会的人,上流人士silk stocking丝袜,网袜,长筒袜,长筒丝袜upper cruster上层巡视员,上层巡游者,上层巡视者,上层巡视器

Examples

  • One engineer and former contractor for Cisco said he was temporarily removed from a WhatsApp group with other Cisco workers after sharing a news story critical of Brahmin supremacy.

  • I didn't realize that in part they were an engine for perpetuating the Brahmin class of New England.

  • Yet how came it that even a low-caste mongrel of a Lascar should offer such an overt insult to a Brahmin!

  • He heard Mohammedans alluding to a Brahmin as a leader—so might a wolf and a snake make common alliance against a watch dog.

  • “I shall renew the bombardment, and put every one of you to death in a few days,” threatened the Brahmin.

  • Chumru had long ago decided to send the Brahmin to the place where all unbelievers go, at the first suitable opportunity.

  • They erect altars to the god Rama beneath its shade, and there, too, the Brahmin instructs his scholars.

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