squire
美音:
[skwaıə
]英音:
[skwaıə
]n.乡绅,律师,侍从,大地主,治安官 v.随侍,护卫
难易程度:
squire为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
动词过去式:squired 过去分词:squired 现在分词:squiring 第三人称单数:squires
squire
/'skwaɪə(r); skwaɪr/
n
1 (in titles 称谓中作 Squire) (formerly) country gentleman, esp the chief landowner in a country district (旧时)乡绅(尤指乡区的大地主).
2 (formerly) young man who was a knight's attendant until he himself became a knight (旧时)骑士的年轻扈从(直至自己成为骑士时为止).
3 (US) justice of the peace or local judge 治安法官; 地方法官.
4 (Brit infml or joc 口或谑) (used as a friendly but respectful form of address by one man to another 用作男人间亲切而尊敬的称谓)
*What can I get you, squire? 您要点儿什么, 先生?
squire
n[
Date: 1200-1300;
Language: Old French;Origin: escuier, from
Late Latin scutarius, from
Latin scutum
'shield']
[C]the man who in the past owned most of the land around a country village in England
[C]a young man in the Middle Ages who learned how to be a
knight by serving one
BrE old-fashioned spoken used by some men to address a man when they do not know his name