bailiwick

n. 市政官的辖区, 范围 [法] 法警的职业, 法警管辖范围

发音

US /ˈbeɪ.lɪ.wɪk/

词形变化

bailiwicks 复数 bailiwicks

别名

bailiffwick balywick

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The district within which a bailie or bailiff has jurisdiction.

    The Bailiwick of Jersey.

  2. 2.

    A person's concern or sphere of operations, their area of skill or authority.

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词汇关系

名词

同义词 5

field study subject discipline field of study

上位词 3

jurisdiction domain knowledge base

下位词 10

major science technology arts engineering communications architecture frontier theology divinity

词源

From bailie (“bailiff”) and wick (“dwelling”), from Old English wīc.

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