urbaneとは意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ɜːˈbeɪn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɝˈbeɪn/
• 韻: -eɪn

形容詞

urbane (comparative urbaner または more urbane, superlative urbanest または most urbane)

1. (of a person) Courteous, polite, refined, and suave, usually that of a man.
   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chapter 1:

     The urbane activity with which a man receives money is really marvellous, considering that we so earnestly believe money to be the root of all earthly ills, and that on no account can a monied man enter heaven. Ah! how cheerfully we consign ourselves to perdition!

   • 1897, Eugen Egner, Midland Monthly Magazine‎^[1], J. Birgham, page 245:

     However, there was nothing for it but to welcome her with all the heartiness I could summon. The sepulchral atomosphere of the parlor had chilled and dampened the spirits of this usually urbane woman, while disappointment and disgust were written in every line of that strong face.

   • 1976, Eugen Egner, National Geographic, Volume 149‎^[2], National Geographic Society, page 106:

     Our people must have some control over our destiny," reasons Wilma Muth, an urbane woman who serves as Inyo County supervisor.

   • 1992, Thomas DiPiero, Dangerous Truths and Criminal Passions: The Evolution of the French Novel, 1569-1791‎^[3], Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 237:

     Mme de Chartres' advice to her daughter consisted only of prohibitions from which we might infer that the virtuous urbane woman was both inactive and invisible, obviously not a particularly suitable subject for the elaboration of engaging tales.

   • 2017 September 27, David Browne, “Hugh Hefner, 'Playboy' Founder, Dead at 91”, in rollingstone.com‎^[4]:

     And with his trademark smoking jackets and pipes – and the silk pajamas he would often wear to work – Hefner became the embodiment of a sexually adventurous yet urbane image and lifestyle, a seeming role model for generations of men.

   Antonym: rustic

関連する語

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