debonair
英 [,deb?'ne?]
美[,d?b?'n?r]
- adj. 高興的，快活的；溫文爾雅的；殷勤的
GRE
助記提示
音似“大勃男兒”——男人的自信。
中文詞源
debonair 溫文爾雅的
來自法語de bon aire, 即of good air. 用來指好的風度，好的舉止。
英文詞源
- debonair (adj.)
- c. 1200, "mild, gentle, kind courteous," from Old French debonaire, from de bon' aire "of good race," originally used of hawks, hence, "thoroughbred" (opposite of French demalaire). Used in Middle English to mean "docile, courteous," it became obsolete and was revived with an altered sense of "pleasant, affable" (1680s).
雙語例句
- 1. He strolled about, look very debonair in his elegant new suit.
- 他穿了一身講究的新衣服逛來逛去，顯得頗為愜意。
來自辭典例句
- 2. He was a handsome, debonair, death-defying racing-driver.
- 他是一位英俊瀟灑、風流倜儻、敢于挑戰死神的賽車手。
來自辭典例句
- 3. It is friendly, remote, and debonair.
- 卡普里島遠離塵囂,但景色宜人, 生機盎然.
來自名作英譯部分
- 4. Then Foxy Davis had seemed a debonair remotely superior, and glamorous personage.
- 當時的“狐貍”戴維斯還是個無憂無慮、稍帶矜持 、 風流瀟灑的人物.
來自辭典例句
- 5. He strolled about, looking very debonair in his elegant new suit.
- 他穿了一身講究的新衣服逛來逛去, 顯得頗為愜意.
來自辭典例句