gentries

基本解釋

The English gentry is next below the nobility.
英國紳士的地位僅次于貴族。
The peasants' revolt disturbed the gentry's sweet dreams.
農(nóng)民在鄉(xiāng)里造反，攪動了紳士們的酣夢。
In the Eighteenth Century, the clergy, like the nobility and gentry, often rode to hounds.
在18世紀，神職人員跟貴族和上流社會人士一樣，常常騎馬打獵。
In old society, the gentry lived in luxury.
在舊社會，貴族們生活奢侈。
She was an old woman who for twenty years had brought the neighbouring gentry into the world.
她是個上了年紀的女人，二十年來，鄰近的許許多多上層社會的紳士們都是由她接生的。