a man about town

The word flaneur, a saunterer or "man about town" comes from the French fl â ner, "to saunter idly", and first appeared in English around 1854.

Flaneur一词来源于法语flâner，指“闲逛”或“闲逛的人”，在1854年左右成为英语词汇首次出现。

Roddy a well-known man-about-town – you can a party or night club without seeing him there.

罗迪是个活跃于交际场中的男子-在聚会或夜总会中准能看见他.

He was known as a tall, handsome man about town…

他以高大英俊的花花公子形象为人所知。

He had been pointed out as a very successful and well-known man about town.

有人在背后说他是个成功人物,很有名气,交际很广.

So for example, the audios learned from a letter or from a conversation who this misterior gentleman is, and why he left the town many years before, but the young man doesn't know about it.

所以，比如说观众通过某人的一封信或者是某一次对话之中知道了，这位&绅士是谁以及多年前他为什么就离开了这个镇子，但是这位年轻人并不知道这些。