manor
/ˈmænə(r)/noun
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- （亦作manor house）a large country house with lands; the principal house of a landed estate庄园宅第, 庄园府第。
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- chiefly historical (especially in England and Wales) a unit of land, originally a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and lands rented to tenants〈主史〉（尤指英格兰和威尔士封建领主的）领地; 庄园。
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- historical (in North America) an estate held in fee farm, especially one granted by royal charter in a British colony or by the Dutch governors of what is now New York State〈史〉（北美, 尤指在英国殖民地由皇家特许或由荷兰总督在今纽约州授予的）永久租地。
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- （一般作one's manor）Brit. informal the district covered by a police station〈英, 非正式〉警署辖区。
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- one's own neighbourhood or home territory居住区; 地盘：
they were the undisputed rulers of their manor.
他们是自己地盘无可争议的统治者。
派生词
manorial
adjective词源
Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French maner 'dwelling'， from Latin manere 'remain'.