aristocrat
英 [ˈær.ɪ.stə.kræt]
美 [ˈer.ə.stə.kræt]
将“aristocrat”分解为“aristo-”(类似aristocratic,与贵族相关)和“-crat”(类似于democrat,表示某种阶级或群体)。结合这两个部分,可以想象一个“aristo”或者是“贵族”的人,成为了一个“-crat”,也就是一个贵族或统治阶层的人。这样,单词“aristocrat”就关联到“贵族”的意思。
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aristocrat 贵族词源同aristocracy. -cracy, 抽象名词后缀。-crat, 具象名词后缀。
- aristocrat (n.)
- 1789, from French aristocrate, a word of the Revolution, a back-formation from aristocratie (see aristocracy).
- 1. The curtain went up on the final act of the play and revealed the aristocrat sitting alone behind bars in his dark cell.
- 这出戏的最后一场的帷幕升起来了,展现在观众面前的是那位贵族,他孤独地坐在铁栏后的那间黑暗的号房里.
- 2. He is an aristocrat to the very marrow of his bones.
- 他是一个道道地地的贵族.
- 3. The harried magazinist appeared as the tragic young aristocrat.
- 给杂志写稿的潦倒文人,成了悲剧性的年轻贵族.
- 4. Yet he was not a haughty aristocrat.
- 但他并非一个高傲的贵族.
- 5. My father was a born aristocrat.
- 我父亲是个天生的贵族.