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 plebeian [pli'bi:әn]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 平民, 庶民, 大众, 平庸的人

a. 平民的, 一般的, 普通的, 粗俗的




    plebeian
    [ noun ]
    1. one of the common people

    2. <noun.person>
    [ adj ]
    1. of or associated with the great masses of people

    2. <adj.all>
      the common people in those days suffered greatly
      behavior that branded him as common
      his square plebeian nose
      a vulgar and objectionable person
      the unwashed masses


    Plebeian \Ple*be"ian\ (pl[-e]*b[=e]"yan), a. [L. plebeius, from
    plebs, plebis, the common people: cf. F. pl['e]b['e]ien.]
    1. Of or pertaining to the Roman plebs, or common people.

    2. Of or pertaining to the common people; vulgar; common; as,
    plebeian sports; a plebeian throng.


    Plebeian \Ple*be"ian\, n.
    1. One of the plebs, or common people of ancient Rome, in
    distinction from {patrician}.

    2. One of the common people, or lower rank of men.

    1. What a voice, even throughout the range, full of colour, zest and verbal inflections, with plebeian mockery peeping out from beneath a 'gentlemanly' exterior.
    2. As the Conte, Graham Turner commits several cheap crimes: he employs a plebeian accent in an aristocratic role, he uses blatantly modern movements within exaggerated period costumes, and he tries making the same joke several times.
    3. Sudden wealth has a plebeian ring in a community of Wall Street barons and third- and fourth-generation money.
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