英语词汇“squire”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

squire

(skwaɪəʳ )

Word forms: squires

1. countable noun & title noun

In former times, the squire of an English village was the man who owned most of the land in it.

2. vocative noun

Some men use squire to address a man they do not know in a friendly but respectful way. [British, informal]

Hard luck, squire.

Collocations:

country squire

But tastes are changing now that the typical country squire is more likely to be a loaded banker than landed gentry.

Times, Sunday Times (2008)

He was a country squire, and his family had been there for centuries.

Times, Sunday Times (2013)

He suffered, certainly, but it was with the civilized air of a country squire.

Moynihan, John Kevin Keegan - Black and White (1993)

单词	squire
释义	squire (skwaɪəʳ ) Word forms: squires 1. countable noun & title noun In former times, the squire of an English village was the man who owned most of the land in it. 2. vocative noun Some men use squire to address a man they do not know in a friendly but respectful way. [British, informal] Hard luck, squire. Collocations: country squire But tastes are changing now that the typical country squire is more likely to be a loaded banker than landed gentry. Times, Sunday Times (2008) He was a country squire, and his family had been there for centuries. Times, Sunday Times (2013) He suffered, certainly, but it was with the civilized air of a country squire. Moynihan, John Kevin Keegan - Black and White (1993)
随便看	unnecessary layer unnecessary loss unnecessary luxury unnecessary noise unnecessary obstacles unnecessary pain unnecessary paperwork unnecessary penalty unnecessary purchase unnecessary regulation unnecessary risk unnecessary strain unnecessary stress unnecessary suffering unnecessary surgery unnecessary tests unnecessary treatment unnecessary uncertainty unnecessary worry unnerve unnerve investors unnerving unnervingly unnoticed unobserved