单词 | gent |
释义 | gentWord family noungentgents gent /dʒent/ noun [countableC] 1 especially British EnglishBrE informalMAN a gentleman 绅士,先生 a well-dressed elderly gent 一位衣着体面的老先生 I’ve always prided myself on being a perfect gent. 我一向为身为一名体面绅士而自豪。 2. the gents British EnglishBrETOILET a public toilet for men 男厕所 SYN American English men’s room Examples from the Corpus the gents• Lorraine Gabriel, prosecuting, said McMeekin walked through the checkout without paying and left the bottle in the gents.• As if in a corny fiction, it is in the gents that we first identify each other and introduce ourselves.• In the Gents there is sick all over the floor.• I picked my way through the noisy tables and went into the Gents.• So we sparred to the grim amusement and wild consternation of the ladies, the sober evaluation of the gents.• "Where's Kevin?" "He went to the gents."• Unfortunately, the gents had bad luck.• Mary visited the Gents and returned, groaning and holding his head. Examples from the Corpus gent• Sheppard Brothers ran a gents hairdressing shop at No. 27.• It had once been a place for nervous gents.• No self-respecting lady or gent would use it now.• Unfortunately, the gents had bad luck.• The unfortunate gents are then unceremoniously interred in the sisters' basement. (1500-1600) gentleman |
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