| 释义 |
‖ vicomte|vikɔ̃t|
[Fr.]
A viscount. Similarly vicomtesse |vikɔ̃tɛs|, a viscountess.
c1786T. Blaikie Diary of Scotch Gardener (1931) 204 The Vicomtesse de Pons..had a Park to Make. 1847C. Brontë J. Eyre I. xv. 286, I knew him for a young roué of a vicomte—a brainless and vicious youth. 1889C. M. Yonge Reputed Changeling II. xxi. 71 The mother..was too proud of him to miss any opportunity of exhibiting him to an experienced mother and grandmother like the vicomtesse. 1928C. A. Nicholson Hell & Duchess v. 94 You can scarcely blame the vicomte for suggesting a change. 1968R. Amberley Incitement to Murder iii. 77 His uncle and aunt will be staying in the vicomte's house. 1980C. Watson Bishop in Back Seat (1981) xxviii. 157 There was a sometime film producer,..a French count,..a vicomtesse who wrote best-sellers. |