词族 · Victorian
词形变化
英语词源
- Victorian (adj.)
- 1839, "belonging to or typical of the reign of Queen Victoria of Great Britain" (ruled 1837-1901). Figurative sense of "typified by prudish or outdated attitudes" is attested by 1934. The noun meaning "a person from or typical of Victorian times" is from 1876.
权威例句
- 1. Victorian houses can seem cold with their lofty ceilings and rambling rooms.
- 维多利亚式房屋屋顶高耸，房间布局凌乱，因此可能会显得较为阴冷。
- 2. The wall caved in to reveal a blocked-up Victorian fireplace.
- 墙坍塌了，露出砌在里面的维多利亚时代的壁炉。
- 3. There are some delightful Victorian houses fronting onto the pavement.
- 面对人行道有一些漂亮的维多利亚时代的房子。
- 4. She had brought a book, a feminist critique of Victorian lady novelists.
- 她带来了一本书，这本书从女性主义视角对维多利亚时代女性小说家进行了评论。
- 5. My grandfather was very Victorian.
- 我的祖父非常传统。