squire
squire 英 [skwaɪə] 美 ['skwaɪr]
n. 乡绅;侍从;大地主;地方法官 vt. 随侍;护卫
进行时:squiring 过去式:squired 过去分词:squired 第三人称单数:squires 名词复数:squires
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- n. 乡绅;侍从;大地主;地方法官
- vt. 随侍;护卫
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1. Ruth Hilton, an orphaned seamstress, is seduced and then abandoned by Henry Bellingham, a young squire.
露丝·希尔顿是个孤独的裁缝,她被年轻乡绅亨利·贝宁汉引诱后又被放弃。
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2. Joan soon fell in love with and secretly married Ralph de Monthermer, a squire in the household of her late husband.
Joan很快和Ralph de Monthermer坠入爱河并秘密结婚。 Ralph是Joan已故丈夫家族中的一个乡绅。
- squire (n.) early 13c., "young man who attends a knight," later "member of the landowning class ranking below a knight" (c. 1300), from Old French esquier "squire," literally "shield carrier" (see esquire). Meaning "country gentleman, landed proprietor" is from 1670s; as a general term of address to a gentleman, it is attested from 1828.
- squire (v.) "to attend (a lady) as a gallant," late 14c., from squire (n.). Related: Squired; squiring.
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