| 释义 |
squire/skwaiə/ n. & v.●n. 1 a country gentleman, esp. the chief landowner in a country district 乡绅，(尤指某地区的)大地主 2 hist. a knight's attendant [史义] (骑士的)随从 3 Brit. colloq. a jocular form of address to a man [英口]先生(对男子的诙谐称呼) 4 US a local magistrate or judge in some rural districts [美] (乡村地区的)治安官；法官 5 Austral. [澳] = COCKNEY n. 2 ●v. tr. (of a man) attend upon or escort (a woman) (男子)照料，护卫(女子) □ squiredom n.□ squirehood n.□ squirelet n.□ squireling n.□ squirely adj.□ squireship n.[Middle English from Old French esquier ESQUIRE] |