peerage
美音:
[´pıərədʒ
]英音:
[´pıərədʒ
]n.(全体)贵族,贵族阶级,贵族地位
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peerage
/'pɪərɪdʒ; `pɪrɪdʒ/
n
1 [Gp] the whole body of peers 贵族(总称)
*elevate/raise sb to the peerage, ie make sb a peer or peeress 封某人为贵族.
2 [C] rank of a peer 贵族的爵位
*inherit a peerage 承袭贵族的爵位.
3 [C] book containing a list of the peers and details of their ancestry 贵族名册(记载所有贵族家谱的).
peerage
n
the peerage
all the British peers considered as a group
[C]
the rank of a British peer
1. He´s been elevated to the peerage. 他已升为贵族.
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