Gallant
['gæl(ə)nt;gə'lænt] or ['ɡælənt]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) unflinching in battle or action; 'a gallant warrior'; 'put up a gallant resistance to the attackers' .
(adj.) having or displaying great dignity or nobility; 'a gallant pageant'; 'lofty ships'; 'majestic cities'; 'proud alpine peaks' .
科南錄入--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Showy; splendid; magnificent; gay; well-dressed.
(a.) Noble in bearing or spirit; brave; high-spirited; courageous; heroic; magnanimous; as, a gallant youth; a gallant officer.
(a.) Polite and attentive to ladies; courteous to women; chivalrous.
(n.) A man of mettle or spirit; a gay; fashionable man; a young blood.
(n.) One fond of paying attention to ladies.
(n.) One who wooes; a lover; a suitor; in a bad sense, a seducer.
(v. t.) To attend or wait on, as a lady; as, to gallant ladies to the play.
(v. t.) To handle with grace or in a modish manner; as, to gallant a fan.
整理:洛蒂
同義詞及近義詞:
a. [1]. Gay, showy, fine, splendid, magnificent, well-dressed.[2]. Courageous, brave, valiant, intrepid, valorous, heroic, chivalrous, fearless, bold, game, daring, high-spirited.
n. [1]. Beau, spark.[2]. Suitor, wooer, lover.[3]. Paramour.
v. a. Wait on (ladies), be attentive to.
編輯:勒罗伊
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Brave, chivalrous, intrepid, courteous, heroic, fearless, courageous, valiant,bold, splendid, showy, gay
ANT:Cowardly, churlish, discourteous
埃米尔校對
解釋/意思:
adj. brave: noble: (rare) gay splendid magnificent: courteous or attentive to ladies: amorous erotic (sometimes gal-ant′).—n. a gay dashing person: a man of fashion: suitor seducer.—adv. Gall′antly.—ns. Gall′antness; Gall′antry bravery: intrepidity: attention or devotion to ladies often in a bad sense amorous intrigue: (Shak.) gallants collectively.
整理:洛蒂
例句/造句/用法:
- He had several times been recommended for a brigadier-generalcy for gallant and meritorious conduct. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- But this good old Mr. Woodhouse, I wish you had heard his gallant speeches to me at dinner. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- The bones of his gallant army have whitened the sands of Palestine. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- I spurred my horse, who addressed his free limbs to speed, and tossed his gallant head in pride. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Then there are the Prooshians under the gallant Prince Marshal. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- It was a gallant and decided triumph for Mrs. Bute. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Ignatius began his career as a very tough and gallant young Spaniard. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- As she sat down, her eyes once again encountered those of the gallant beadle; she coloured, and applied herself to the task of making his tea. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- I always add my hollo, said the yeoman, when I see a good shot, or a gallant blow. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Whatever happened, he knew, she would always be loyal, gallant and unresentful; and that pledged him to the practice of the same virtues. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- Oh, had you but lived a few years earlier, what a gallant gentleman-highwayman you would have made! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- So Rawdon sate down, and wrote off, Brighton, Thursday, and My dear Aunt, with great rapidity: but there the gallant officer's imagination failed him. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- At the Children's Hospital, the gallant steed, the Noah's ark, yellow bird, and the officer in the Guards, were made as welcome as their child-owner. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- I was not afraid of the shabby coat, and had no yearnings after gallant greys. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- Many of those who had run ten miles got back in time to redeem their reputation as gallant soldiers before night. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- One of the old ladies--Miss Noble, the aunt--is a wonderfully quaint picture of self-forgetful goodness, and Ladislaw gallants her about sometimes. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Gallants of England, said Front-de-Boeuf, how relish ye your entertainment at Torquilstone? 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Well, she's asleep now; and have you a hundred gallants, neither they nor you can insult her any more. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
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