| 正面 | 12446.nobility 英 [nə(ʊ)'bɪlɪtɪ]美 [no'bɪləti]     |
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| 背面 |     释义： 1. 该词是 ante- "before" + ocular "of the eyes" 复合缩略词(*antlar => antler)，表示：before the eyes.2. 最初应该是短语：antler horn, 即：horn in front of the eyes. 也就是长在眼睛前面的角，后来简略成 antler.n. 贵族；高贵；高尚 例句： 1. Despite its lack of formal power the nobility was not powerless.尽管没有正式的权力，贵族阶层并非没有权势。 nobility 贵族来自noble,高贵的。 nobility (n.)mid-14c., "quality of being excellent or rare," from Old French nobilite "high rank; dignity, grace; great deed" (12c., Modern French nobilité), and directly from Latin nobilitatem (nominative nobilitas) "celebrity, fame; high birth; excellence, superiority; the nobles," from nobilis "well-known, prominent" (see noble (adj.)). Meaning "quality of being of noble rank or birth" is attested from late 14c.; sense of "noble class collectively" is from 1520s." |