chivalry: [13] Etymologically, chivalry is the practice of riding horses. It comes from Old French chivalerie, a derivative of medieval Latin caballārius (related to, and perhaps direct source of, English cavalier). This meant ‘horseman’, and was formed from Latin caballus ‘horse’ (whence French cheval). The meaning of chivalerie had two main strands, both of them adopted into English: on the one hand ‘mounted soldiery’ (a sense superseded by the related cavalry), and on the other ‘knightly behaviour’. => cavalier, cavalry
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). From late 14c. as "the nobility as one of the estates of the realm," also as the word for an ethical code emphasizing honor, valor, generosity and courtly manners. Modern use for "social and moral code of medieval feudalism" probably is an 18c. historical revival.
雙語例句
1. Marie seemed to revel in his old-fashioned chivalry.
瑪麗好像陶醉在他那舊式的騎士風度里。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The Middle Ages were also the great age of chivalry.
中世紀也是騎士制度盛行的時代.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. He was admired for his chivalry.
他因他的騎士風度而受到景仰.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. The legend of king arthur represent the apotheosis of chivalry.
亞瑟王的傳說代表騎士精神的頂峰。
來自辭典例句
5. He admires the chivalry of knights in Middle Ages.