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单词 four hundred
释义

four hundred

noun
US the social elite of a community
〈美〉地区名流; 地方士绅。
词源
mid 19th cent.: from Ward McAllister's remark 'There are only 400 people in New York that one really knows', later popularized in society reports by the New York Sun. The notion 'elite' is said to be from the selection of high society guests by the socialite, Mrs William B. Astor Jr, whose ballroom could hold 400.
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