ladies and gentlemen

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Used as a vocative to address an audience. plural,plural-only
    — […] a Master of Ceremonies' words "Ladies and gentlemen" […] interpellates those being addressed as an audience, and one that is differentiated by gender.
  2. Public toilets: a ladies' room and a gentlemen's room. euphemistic,plural,plural-only,rare
    — There are quays there and lamps and some squares of grass; a ladies and gentlemen, and a cinema.

词源

Around 1750, the form gentlemen and ladies was more common, but from 1770 the ladies-first word order predominates.
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