the Four Hundred
/ðə ˌfɔː ˈhʌndrəd/
/ðə ˌfɔːr ˈhʌndrəd/
- a US name for members of high society in New York. The origin of the term is thought to be a list of guests invited to a social event in New York City in 1892 that was reduced to the 400 most important people, because the person inviting them had a ballroom that could only hold that number.
四百：美国纽约上流社会成员的名字。该术语的起源被认为是1892年在纽约市受邀参加社交活动的嘉宾名单，该嘉宾人数减少到了400位最重要的人，因为邀请他们的人的宴会厅只能容纳这个人数。