fief

FREQ #42358

n. 封地, 采邑

发音

其它 /fiːf/

词形变化

fiefs 复数 fiefs

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Land held of a superior, particularly on condition of homage, fealty, and personal service, especially military service.

    封地

    采邑

    采地

    封土

    封邑

    爵土

    可数 历史 不可数 法律
  2. 2.

    Synonym of estate: any land, when considered as a region over which the owner exercises lordly control.

    可数 比喻 不可数
  3. 3.

    A territory, a domain, an area over which one exercises lordly control, particularly with regard to corporate or governmental bureaucracies.

    可数 比喻 不可数

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

feoff

上位词 4

land estate acres demesne

相关短语

in fief

词源

From Middle French fief, from Old French fief, from Medieval Latin fevum, a variant of feudum (whence also Old French fieu, fied), from Old Frankish *fehu (“cattle, livestock”), from Proto-Germanic *fehu (“cattle, sheep”), from Proto-Indo-European *peku-, *peḱu- (“sheep”). Doublet of fee, feud, and feoff.

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