| 正面 | 20194.gent 英 [dʒent]美 [dʒɛnt]     |
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| 背面 |      释义： plumbum 铅。 plumb 铅锤,垂直的。 aplomb 沉着,泰然自若,垂直。 前缀a可以看作是加强语气,也可以看作'of,at,to' -plomb- = plumb 铅锤.n. 绅士；假绅士；男子；男厕n. (Gent)人名；(英)金特；(德、葡)根特 例句： 1. Mr Blake was a gent. He knew how to behave.布莱克先生是位绅士，举止得体。 gent (n.)colloquial shortening of gentleman, by 17c. (in early uses it is difficult to distinguish the shortening from the common abbreviation gent.), which is perhaps the origin of this use. "Early in the nineteenth century the word was colloquial and slightly jocular; about 1840 its use came to be regarded as a mark of low breeding" [OED]." |