c. 1600, "pertaining to aristocracy," from French aristocratique, from Greek aristokratikos "belonging to the rule of the best," from aristokratia (see aristocracy). Meaning "grand, stylish" is from 1845.
雙語例句
1. He laughed it off with aristocratic indifference.
他帶著貴族式的漠然對其一笑置之。
來自柯林斯例句
2. She had an impeccable aristocratic pedigree.
她有純正的貴族血統(tǒng)。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Of course you're the most aristocratic of the two of us.
你當然是我們兩個人中最有貴族氣派的.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. Nabokov was the scion of an aristocratic family.
納博科夫是一個貴族家庭的闊少。
來自辭典例句
5. There is another form of wilful obscurity that masquerades as aristocratic exclusiveness.