- (old-fashioned or literary)
brave, especially in a very difficult situation （尤指在困境中）勇敢的，英勇的 (of a man 男子 giving polite attention to women 对女子殷勤的 ‘I left her standing in the rain.’ ‘That wasn’t very gallant of you.’ “我让她站在雨中，”。“你太不像话了，”。
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘finely dressed’): from Old French galant, from galer ‘have fun, make a show’, from gale ‘pleasure, rejoicing’.