manor
manor 英 [ˈmænə(r)] 美 [ˈmænɚ]
n. 庄园；领地
名词复数:manors
- A manor is the house of a lord — pretty fancy stuff. If you like to read 18th-century British novels, you probably read about a lot of people having dinner, dance, and restrained romance in their manors.
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- n. 庄园；领地
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1. Wymering Manor
威默林庄园 ;
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2. The lady of the manor sent for him.
庄园的女主人派人去找他。
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3. The front door of the Manor was unlocked.
庄园的正门没锁。
- manor (n.) late 13c., "mansion, habitation, country residence, principal house of an estate," from Anglo-French maner, Old French manoir "abode, home, dwelling place; manor" (12c.), noun use of maneir "to dwell," from Latin manere "to stay, abide," from PIE root *men- (3) "to remain." As a unit of territorial division in Britain and some American colonies (usually "land held in demesne by a lord, with tenants") it is attested from 1530s.
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