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

　

单词	shire
释义	Trends of shire View usage for: shire (ʃaɪəʳ) Word forms: plural shires 1. countable noun The Shires or the shire counties are the counties of England that have a lot of countryside and farms. Smart country people are fleeing back to the shires. 2. countable noun A shire or shire horse is a large heavy horse used for pulling loads. [British] shire in British English 1 (ʃaɪə) noun 1. a. one of the British counties b. (in combination) Yorkshire 2. (in Australia) a rural district having its own local council 3. shire horse 4. the Shires Word origin Old English scīr office; related to Old High German scīra business shire in British English 2 (ʃaɪə) verb (transitive) Northern Ireland dialect to refresh or rest let me get my head shired Word origin from Old English scīr clear Shire in British English (ˈʃɪəreɪ) or Shiré noun a river in E central Africa, flowing from Lake Malawi through Malawi and Mozambique to the Zambezi. Length: 596 km (370 miles) Shire in American English (ˈʃiʀɛ) river in SE Africa, flowing from Lake Malawi south into the Zambezi: c. 250 mi (402 km) shire in American English (ʃaɪr) noun 1. any of the former districts or regions in Great Britain 2. any of the counties of England, esp. one with a name ending in -shire 3. any of a breed of large, powerful draft horse with feathery fetlocks, originally raised in the Shires and much used in the Middle Ages as a war horse Idioms: the Shires Word origin ME < OE scir, office, charge, akin to OHG scīra, official charge Examples of 'shire' in a sentence shire Our favourite animals were the gentle giant shire horses. Times, Sunday Times (2007) The highest reductions were shared by shire districts throughout the country irrespective of party leadership. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Schools in the shires and suburbs should be getting that figure easily. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Labour now does not control a single English shire. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Today retirees are increasingly leaving the shires and suburbs for the inner city, to be closer to theatres and restaurants. Times, Sunday Times (2013) A sudden electric current ran through the English shires. Adam Nicolson GOD'S SECRETARIES: The Making of the King James Bible (2003) And these days much of the oil delivered to the English shires is imported from Russia. Times, Sunday Times (2008) I'd had the treatment only the day before and still felt as if a shire horse had kicked me in the head. Times, Sunday Times (2010) If this had been down to our record locally, with the lowest council tax of any shire in the country, then we would have won easily. Times, Sunday Times (2009) All related terms of 'shire' shire horse a large heavy breed of carthorse with long hair on the fetlocks Kinross-shire a former county of E central Scotland : became part of Tayside region in 1975 and part of Perth and Kinross in 1996 Inverness-shire (until 1975) a county of NW Scotland , now part of Highland Shire Highlands an upland area of S Malawi . Average height: 900 m (3000 ft) Kinross former county of EC Scotland
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