urbanity

n. 彬彬有礼, 都市性, 文雅的举止

发音

UK /əːˈbæn.ɪ.ti/
其它
US /ɝˈbæn.ə.ti/

词形变化

urbanities 复数 urbanities

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Behaviour that is polished, refined, courteous.

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    Urbanness.

    可数 不可数

词汇关系

词源

From Middle English urbanitie, from Middle French urbanité, from Latin urbānitās, from urbānus (“belonging to a city”), with a sense of "having the manners of townspeople" in Classical Latin, from urbs (“city”); equivalent to urbane + -ity (sense 1) and urban + -ity (sense 2).

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