• adj. 貴族的；顯貴的
• n. 貴族；有教養的人

來自拉丁語patricius,像父親的，高貴的，貴族的，來自pater,父親，詞源同father.引申詞義上流社會的。

patrician

patrician: see patron

patrician (n.)

early 15c., "member of the ancient Roman noble order," from Middle French patricien, from Latin patricius "of the rank of the nobles, of the senators; of fatherly dignity," from patres conscripti "Roman senators," literally "fathers," plural of pater "father" (see father (n.)). Contrasted, in ancient Rome, with plebeius. Applied to noble citizens and higher orders of free folk in medieval Italian and German cities (sense attested in English from 1610s); hence "nobleman, aristocrat" in a modern sense (1630s). As an adjective, attested from 1610s, from the noun.

1. He was a lean, patrician gent in his early sixties.

他60歲出頭，是位有著貴族氣派的清瘦紳士。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The old patrician was buried in the family vault.

這位老貴族埋在家族的墓地里.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. But in practice Geneva was a patrician gerontocracy, dominated by a few families.

但日內瓦事實上是貴族的老齡政府，由一小部分家庭控制的。

來自辭典例句

4. Its patrician dignity was a picturesque sham.

它的貴族的尊嚴只是一套華麗的偽裝.

來自辭典例句

5. He was reticent, patrician, bookish, urbane.

他沉默含蓄, 雍容華貴, 書生氣十足,而又溫文有禮.

來自辭典例句