cess

n. 地方税, 土地税, 特种税, 运气 [法] 税, 税率, 地方税

发音

其它 /sɛs/

词形变化

cesses 复数 cesses 三单 cessing 现在分词 cessed 过去式 cessed 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An assessed tax, duty, or levy; billeting.

    印度 爱尔兰
  2. 2.

    Usually preceded by good or (more commonly) bad: luck or success.

    爱尔兰 非正式
  3. 3.

    Bound; measure.

    废旧
  4. 1.

    The area along either side of a railroad track which is kept at a lower level than the sleeper bottom, in order to provide drainage.

    交通
  5. 2.

    A bog, in particular a peat bog.

    方言 废旧
  6. 3.

    A piece of peat, or a turf, particularly when dried for use as fuel.

    方言 废旧
v.
  1. 1.

    To levy a cess.

    爱尔兰
  2. 1.

    To cease; to neglect.

    废旧 法律

相关短语

cess path cess paths bad cess good cess

词源

For the first meaning below, the writings of Edmund Spenser, published 1633, point to a borrowing from Irish cís (“tax, tribute, cess, rent”), likely from Latin census. Other senses: Uncertain. Occurs in print at least as early as 1831, when Samuel Lover used the expression as one already long-established. He unambiguously stated the derivation of cess in the malediction bad cess to be an abbreviation of success. The OED speculated that it either was from success or from assessment meaning a military or governmental exaction. The verb is attested in Middle English (cessen).

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