chiv·al·rous
adjective/ˈʃɪvəlrəs/
/ˈʃɪvəlrəs/
- (of men) polite, kind and behaving with honour, especially towards women
（尤指对女人）彬彬有礼的，殷勤的，体贴的 - I was only trying to be chivalrous.
我只是想表现出侠义精神。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryChivalrous is used with these nouns:- knight
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘characteristic of a medieval knight’): from Old French chevalerous, from chevalier from medieval Latin caballarius, from Latin caballus ‘horse’. - I was only trying to be chivalrous.