reeve
美音:
[ri:v
]英音:
[ri:v
]n.<英史>城镇(或地区的)长官 v.穿(绳索),穿过
难易程度:
reeve为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
动词过去式:reeved/rove 过去分词:reeved/rove 现在分词:reeving 第三人称单数:reeves
reeve
/ri:v; riv/
n
1 (Brit)
(a) (formerly) chief magistrate of a town or district (旧时)市镇或区的司法官. Cf 参看 sheriff 1.
(b) (in medieval times) steward of a manor (中世纪时期)庄园的管家.
2 (in Canada) elected head of a village or town council (加拿大)乡镇议会的议长.
reeve
n[C][
Language: Old English;Origin: gerefa]
the official who is in charge of the town governments in some Canadian
provincesan English law officer in the past