chatelaine

n. 链子, 城堡女主人, 女主人

发音

UK /ˈʃætəleɪn/
其它
US /ˈʃætəˌleɪn/
US /-ɾl̩-/

词形变化

chatelaines 复数 chatelaines

别名

châtelaine

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The mistress of a castle or large household.

    过时
  2. 2.

    A chain or clasp worn at the waist by women with handkerchief, keys, etc., attached, supposed to resemble the chain of keys once worn by medieval chatelaines.

    历史
  3. 3.

    A similar thing in miniature attached to a watchchain.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

chain mistress

词源

] Borrowed from French châtelaine, the feminine form of châtelain (“castle-keeper, castellan; one living in a castle”), from Medieval Latin castellanus (“occupants of a castle”), from castellum (“castle, fort”) (diminutive of castrum (“castle, fort”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱes- (“to cut off, separate”)) + -ānus (“of or pertaining to”). By surface analysis, Old French chatel + French -aine.

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