chivalry 英 [ˈʃɪvəlri]   美 [ˈʃɪvəlri]

chivalry

chivalry  英 [ˈʃɪvəlri] 美 [ˈʃɪvəlri]

n. 骑士精神(复数chivalries);骑士制度 

名词复数:chivalries 

  • Men behaving courteously toward women — holding the door for them, offering them their jackets when it's cold — is called chivalry. Many women consider chivalry a lost art. Nice work, fellas.
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  • n. 骑士精神(复数chivalries);骑士制度
  • chivalry (n.) c. 1300, "body or host of knights; knighthood in the feudal social system; bravery in war, warfare as an art," from Old French chevalerie "knighthood, chivalry, nobility, cavalry, art of war," from chevaler "knight," from Medieval Latin caballarius "horseman," from Latin caballus "nag, pack-horse" (see cavalier).
chiv·alry / ˈʃɪvəlri ; NAmE ˈʃɪvəlri / noun [uncountable ] 1 polite and kind behaviour that shows a sense of honour, especially by men towards women (尤指男人对女人的)彬彬有礼,殷勤,体贴 2 (in the Middle Ages) the religious and moral system of behaviour which the perfect knightwas expected to follow (中世纪的)骑士制度 chivalry chivalries chiv·alry / ˈʃɪvəlri ; NAmE ˈʃɪvəlri /
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