Brahmin
noun [ C ] uk/ˈbrɑː.mɪn/ us/ˈbrɑː.mɪn/
US (also Brahman)(尤指出身美国东北州某些高贵家族的)要人,名士,上层人物
a member of a group of people who hold a high social position and who are usually well educated, especially people from the northeastern states of the US
In Florida, the formal Boston Brahmin looks as out of place as a New England pine in the Everglades. 在佛罗里达州,派头十足的波士顿上层人物看起来就像大沼泽地里的新英格兰松树一样与周遭格格不入。
(Brahman 的另一种拼法)
another spelling of Brahman
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- He was very proud of his Boston Brahmin roots.
- He is a dour-faced Brahmin who lacks Bill Clinton's down-home magnetism.
- That breach of etiquette occurred at a bastion of snooty, Brahmin manners, The Country Club in Brookline, Mass.
- Hollywood stars now wear Chanel as often as Boston Brahmans.