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literati

/lit-uh-rah-tee/US // ˌlɪt əˈrɑ ti //UK // (ˌlɪtəˈrɑːtiː) //

文人,文学家,文人雅士,文人墨客

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n.名词(复数) plural noun
  1. 1

    singular lit·e·ra·tus [lit-uh-rah-tuhs, ‐rey‐]. /ˌlɪt əˈrɑ təs, ‐ˈreɪ‐/.

    • : people engaged in literary pursuits, especially professional writers: The lounge at the Algonquin Hotel in New York City was a well-known haunt of the literati during the 1920s.
    • : learned people and scholars considered as a class:university literati in their ivory tower.

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Examples

  • In our view, serious books were not just for the literati, but for anyone with a hunger for brilliant writing.

  • Others have joined the literati, including one budding novelist, Nicolle Wallace.

  • Long before she met Pinter, Fraser was a glittering member of the London literati.

  • He had an extensive acquaintance with literati and politicians, which he sedulously cultivated.

  • He had a handsome office, and the literati, local and visiting, used to gather there.

  • These questions I heard proposed in a company of literati, when I inquired concerning this design of Warton.

  • He sought the acquaintance of the brilliant and the learned, presiding over a côterie of painters, sculptors, and literati.

  • Thomas--Kempis was but the forerunner of a race of distinguished literati.