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gentlepeople

/jen-tl-pee-puhl/US // ˈdʒɛn tlˌpi pəl //

温文尔雅的人,温柔的人,温和的人,温柔的人们

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Definitions

n.名词(复数) plural noun
  1. 1
    • : a formal term of address to a group of people.

Examples

  • At that time gentlepeople dined much earlier than they do now, especially in the country.

  • Oh, they are in every way most respectable, and indeed one can see by the children themselves that they are little gentlepeople.

  • This last she decided to let to some family of gentlepeople, while herself keeping on the farm and the barns.

  • Her father and family were removed to a good house in the neighbourhood, and gave themselves all the airs of gentlepeople.

  • You couldn't mistake the Lucys for anything but gentlepeople.