squire

大学 FREQ #11334

n. 乡绅, 大地主, 治安官 vt. 随侍, 护卫 vi. 当乡绅

发音

UK /ˈskwaɪə/
US /ˈskwaɪɚ/

词形变化

squires 复数 squired squires 三单 squires squiring squiring 现在分词 squired 过去式 squired 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

随侍;护卫

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A shield-bearer or armor-bearer who attended a knight.

    侍卫

    侍从

  2. 2.

    A title of dignity next in degree below knight, and above gentleman. See esquire.

  3. 3.

    A male attendant on a great personage.

    绅士

  4. 4.

    A landowner from the English gentry during the early modern period.

    历史
  5. 5.

    A devoted attendant or follower of a lady; a beau.

  6. 6.

    A title of office and courtesy. See under esquire.

  7. 7.

    A term of address to a male equal.

    英国 非正式
  8. 8.

    An Australian snapper (Chrysophrys auratus), a food fish also found in eastern Asia.

  9. 9.

    A grass emperor (Lethrinus laticaudis), of coral reefs of the western Pacific.

  10. 1.

    A ruler; a carpenter's square; a measure.

    废旧
v.
  1. 1.

    To attend as a squire.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To attend as a beau, or gallant, for aid and protection.

    及物

词汇关系

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词源

From Middle English esquire, from Old French escuier, from Latin scūtārius (“shield-bearer”), from scūtum (“shield”).

来源:wiktionary