gallant
gallant 英 [ˈgælənt] 美 [ˈɡælənt]
adj. 英勇的，勇敢的；华丽的；雄伟的
名词复数:gallants
- If you volunteer to remove a huge, hairy spider from your bathroom ceiling, your whole family will be grateful for your gallant actions. The adjective gallant means "heroic or brave."
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- adj. 英勇的，勇敢的；华丽的；雄伟的
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1. But General de Gaulle had to carry his gallant band of Frenchmen with him.
但是，戴高乐将军必须说服他那群勇敢的法国人衙他一起干。
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2. Thank you for being gallant today.
感谢你今天表现的那么英勇。
- gallant (adj.) mid-15c., "showy, finely dressed; gay, merry," from Old French galant "courteous," earlier "amusing, entertaining; lively, bold" (14c.), present participle of galer "rejoice, make merry," which is of uncertain origin. Perhaps from a Latinized verb formed from Frankish *wala- "good, well," from Proto-Germanic *wal- (source also of Old High German wallon "to wander, go on a pilgrimage"), from PIE root *wel- (2) "to wish, will" (see will (v.)), "but the transition of sense offers difficulties that are not fully cleared up" [OED]. Sense of "politely attentive to women" was adopted early 17c. from French. Attempts to distinguish this sense by accent are an 18c. artifice.
- gallant (n.) mid-15c., "man of fashion and pleasure," earlier "dissolute man, rake" (early 15c.); from gallant (adj.). As "one who is particularly attentive to women" probably by late 15c.
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