marquis

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n. 侯爵

发音

UK /ˈmɑː.kwɪs/
其它
US /mɑɹˈki/
US /ˈmɑɹ.kwɪs/
US /mɑɹˈkiz/

词形变化

marquises 复数 marquises marquisses marquisses 复数

别名

marquess marquesse

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A nobleman in England, France, and Germany, of a rank next below that of duke, but above a count. Originally, the marquis was an officer whose duty was to guard the marches or frontiers of the kingdom. The office has ceased, and the name is now a mere title conferred by letters patent or letters close.

  2. 2.

    Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genus Bassarona (or Euthalia).

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

marquess

上位词 3

lord noble nobleman

相关短语

Marquis reagent Marquis reagents Marquis of Queensberry rules [复数]；昆斯伯里侯爵规则

词源

From Middle English markis, from Old French markis, marchis, from Late Latin marchensis, from Old High German marcha and Frankish *marku, from Proto-Germanic *markō, from Proto-Indo-European *mórǵs (“edge, boundary”). Meaning is “lord of the march”, in sense of march (“border country”).

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