| 单词 |
grand monde |
| 释义 |
‖ grand monde|grɑ̃ mɔ̃d, ˈmɒnd| [Fr., = great world.] The beau-monde, the ‘upper ten’.
1704Swift Tale Tub ii. 57 A Sect arose, whose Tenents [sic] obtained and spread very far, especially in the Grand Monde, and among every Body of good Fashion. 1725― Let. 29 Sept. in Corr. Pope (1956) II. 324, I am now returning to the noble Scene of Dublin in the Grande [sic] Monde. 1823Byron Juan xiv. xlii, She was a fine and somewhat full-blown blonde,..For several winters in the grand, grande [sic] monde. 1892W. James Let. 29 Apr. (1920) I. 319 Strange to say, altho' practically bed-ridden for years, her mental atmosphere..was altogether that of the grand monde. 1925D. H. Lawrence St. Mawr 13 Mrs. Witt..always expected to find the real beau monde and the real grand monde somewhere or other. |
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