sheriff

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n. 郡治安官, 县治安官 [法] 司法行政官, 郡长, 执行吏

发音

其它 /ˈʃɛɹɪf/
US /ˈʃɛɹɪf/

词形变化

sheriffs 复数 sheriffs sheriffed sheriffing sheriffs 三单 sheriffing 现在分词 sheriffed 过去式 sheriffed 过去分词

别名

sherrif sherriff shrieve

释义与例句

n. B1
  1. 1.

    (High Sheriff) An official of a shire or county office, responsible for carrying out court orders, law enforcement and other duties.

  2. 2.

    A judge in the sheriff court, the court of a county or sheriffdom.

    苏格兰
  3. 3.

    A government official, usually responsible for law enforcement in their county and for administration of the county jail, sometimes an officer of the court, usually elected.

    美国
v.
  1. 1.

    To carry out the duties of a sheriff.

    及物

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

peace officer

相关短语

sheriff officer [法] 执巡官 sheriff officers sheriff clerk sheriff clerks Sheriff Hutton there is a new sheriff in town high sheriff

词源

Inherited from Middle English shirreve, in turn inherited from Old English sċīrġerēfa, corresponding to shire + reeve. There is no etymological connection to Sharif (Arabic شَرِيف (šarīf)), an Arabic title of honour with cognates in other languages, including Persian, Punjabi, Bengali, Hindi, Urdu, Turkish, Spanish, Portuguese, etc.

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