hoi polloi

短语

n. 民众, 大众

发音

US /ˈhɔɪ pəˌlɔɪ/
AU /ˈhɔɪ pəˌlɔɪ/

词形变化

only 复数

别名

polloi

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The common people; the masses. (Used with or without the definite article.)

    民众

    庶民

    大众

    仅复数

    But what, pray tell, is a “librarian”? Consult the same infallible source and you will learn: “One who has the care or charge of a library.” And where does that leave the most of us, hoi great unwashed polloi who have neither the “care” nor the “charge” of a library?

  2. 2.

    The elite.

    仅复数

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

people mass masses multitude

上位词 2

group grouping

下位词 5

following audience followers laity temporalty

词源

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek οἱ πολλοί (hoi polloí, “the many”).

来源：wiktionary