fief
fief 英 [fi:f] 美 [fif]
n. 封地，采邑
名词复数:fiefs
- Under the feudal system, a fief was a piece of land. This is short for fiefdom.
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- n. 封地，采邑
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1. If his Congo was a personal fief, the British empire stands revealed as a scarcely more representative oligarchy, organised on avowedly “aristocratic” lines by a clique of white men on the make.
假如说他把刚果当成个人封地，那么大英帝国显现出来的，充其言也不过是一个几乎不具更多代议制的寡头政治体，大权操纵在一个野心勃勃的白种人集团，走的是公开宣扬的“贵族”线路。
- fief (n.) also feoff, 1610s, from French fief (12c.) "a 'feud,' possession, holding, domain; feudal duties, payment," from Medieval Latin feodum "land or other property whose use is granted in return for service," widely said to be from Frankish *fehu-od "payment-estate," or a similar Germanic compound, in which the first element is from Proto-Germanic *fekhu, making it cognate with Old English feoh "money, movable property, cattle" (see fee). Second element perhaps is similar to Old English ead "wealth" (see Edith).
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