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vulgus

/vuhl-guhs/US // ˈvʌl gəs //

秃鹫,秃头,秃子,秃鹫座

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural vul·gus·es for 2.

    • : the common people; masses.
    • : an exercise in Latin formerly required of English public-school pupils.

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Examples

  • That he carried the odi profanum vulgus, et arceo too far cannot for a moment be doubted.

  • Turner in 1538 says, "ligustrum arbor est non herba ut literatorū vulgus credit; nihil que minus est quam a Prymerose."

  • I said this was a figure of rhetoric, employed by his Lordship ad captandum vulgus.

  • Odi profanum vulgus et arceo; hence, ye profane: you would not understand the mighty lesson of the rag tank.

  • His work is saturated with that contempt of the profanum vulgus which the profanum vulgus (humanly enough) seldom fails to return.