Definition of gentlefolk in English:

gentlefolk

plural nounˈdʒɛnt(ə)lfəʊkˈdʒɛn(t)lˌfoʊk

archaic

People of noble birth or good social position.
〈古〉出身名门的人；社会地位高的人
born of gentlefolk, she lived near Godalming in Surrey
Example sentencesExamples
- For much of the 19th century wave upon wave of gentlefolk of both nations descended on the Riviera, sketching, botanising and indulging in soirées musicales, and all for the sake of their health.
- To slightly rephrase Hal in his next play, Henry V, ‘And gentlefolk in New York now abed / Shall think themselves accursed they were not here.’
- The sum is the money lost on sales of cigars and brandies when gentlefolk once repaired after dinner to the Oval Office downstairs to blow rings of smoke and converse.
- It is often debated whether there was a real distinction, in later medieval England, between the culture of the expanded aristocracy of gentlefolk and that of the higher, traditional, chivalrous aristocracy.
- They attempt to replicate domestic society, driving to the club with ‘the jog-trot of country gentlefolk between green hedgerows.’

Definition of gentlefolk in US English:

gentlefolk

plural nounˈjen(t)lˌfōkˈdʒɛn(t)lˌfoʊk

archaic

People of high social position.
〈古〉出身名门的人；社会地位高的人
born of gentlefolk, she lived near Godalming in Surrey
Example sentencesExamples
- It is often debated whether there was a real distinction, in later medieval England, between the culture of the expanded aristocracy of gentlefolk and that of the higher, traditional, chivalrous aristocracy.
- The sum is the money lost on sales of cigars and brandies when gentlefolk once repaired after dinner to the Oval Office downstairs to blow rings of smoke and converse.
- To slightly rephrase Hal in his next play, Henry V, ‘And gentlefolk in New York now abed / Shall think themselves accursed they were not here.’
- They attempt to replicate domestic society, driving to the club with ‘the jog-trot of country gentlefolk between green hedgerows.’
- For much of the 19th century wave upon wave of gentlefolk of both nations descended on the Riviera, sketching, botanising and indulging in soirées musicales, and all for the sake of their health.

单词	gentlefolk
释义	Definition of gentlefolk in English: gentlefolk plural nounˈdʒɛnt(ə)lfəʊkˈdʒɛn(t)lˌfoʊk archaic People of noble birth or good social position. 〈古〉出身名门的人；社会地位高的人 born of gentlefolk, she lived near Godalming in Surrey Example sentencesExamples For much of the 19th century wave upon wave of gentlefolk of both nations descended on the Riviera, sketching, botanising and indulging in soirées musicales, and all for the sake of their health. To slightly rephrase Hal in his next play, Henry V, ‘And gentlefolk in New York now abed / Shall think themselves accursed they were not here.’ The sum is the money lost on sales of cigars and brandies when gentlefolk once repaired after dinner to the Oval Office downstairs to blow rings of smoke and converse. It is often debated whether there was a real distinction, in later medieval England, between the culture of the expanded aristocracy of gentlefolk and that of the higher, traditional, chivalrous aristocracy. They attempt to replicate domestic society, driving to the club with ‘the jog-trot of country gentlefolk between green hedgerows.’ Definition of gentlefolk in US English: gentlefolk plural nounˈjen(t)lˌfōkˈdʒɛn(t)lˌfoʊk archaic People of high social position. 〈古〉出身名门的人；社会地位高的人 born of gentlefolk, she lived near Godalming in Surrey Example sentencesExamples It is often debated whether there was a real distinction, in later medieval England, between the culture of the expanded aristocracy of gentlefolk and that of the higher, traditional, chivalrous aristocracy. The sum is the money lost on sales of cigars and brandies when gentlefolk once repaired after dinner to the Oval Office downstairs to blow rings of smoke and converse. To slightly rephrase Hal in his next play, Henry V, ‘And gentlefolk in New York now abed / Shall think themselves accursed they were not here.’ They attempt to replicate domestic society, driving to the club with ‘the jog-trot of country gentlefolk between green hedgerows.’ For much of the 19th century wave upon wave of gentlefolk of both nations descended on the Riviera, sketching, botanising and indulging in soirées musicales, and all for the sake of their health.
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