aristocrat

英 [ˈær.ɪ.stə.kræt]      美 [ˈer.ə.stə.kræt]
  • n. 贵族
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将“aristocrat”分解为“aristo-”(类似aristocratic,与贵族相关)和“-crat”(类似于democrat,表示某种阶级或群体)。结合这两个部分,可以想象一个“aristo”或者是“贵族”的人,成为了一个“-crat”,也就是一个贵族或统治阶层的人。这样,单词“aristocrat”就关联到“贵族”的意思。

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aristocrat 贵族

词源同aristocracy. -cracy, 抽象名词后缀。-crat, 具象名词后缀。

aristocrat (n.)
1789, from French aristocrate, a word of the Revolution, a back-formation from aristocratie (see aristocracy).
1. The curtain went up on the final act of the play and revealed the aristocrat sitting alone behind bars in his dark cell.
这出戏的最后一场的帷幕升起来了,展现在观众面前的是那位贵族,他孤独地坐在铁栏后的那间黑暗的号房里.
2. He is an aristocrat to the very marrow of his bones.
他是一个道道地地的贵族.
3. The harried magazinist appeared as the tragic young aristocrat.
给杂志写稿的潦倒文人,成了悲剧性的年轻贵族.
4. Yet he was not a haughty aristocrat.
但他并非一个高傲的贵族.
5. My father was a born aristocrat.
我父亲是个天生的贵族.