| 单词 | corvée |
| 释义 | corvée[ kawr-vey ] / kɔrˈveɪ / noununpaid labor for one day, as on the repair of roads, exacted by a feudal lord. an obligation imposed on inhabitants of a district to perform services, as repair of roads, bridges, etc., for little or no remuneration. Origin of corvée1300–50; Middle English <Middle French <Late Latin corrogāta contribution, collection, noun use of feminine of Latin corrogātus (past participle of corrogāre to collect by asking), equivalent to cor-cor- + rogā(re) to ask + -tus past participle suffix Words nearby corvéeCorunna, coruscant, coruscate, coruscation, Corvallis, corvée, corves, corvette, corvina, corvine, Corvisart des Marets Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for corvée
British Dictionary definitions for corvéecorvée / (ˈkɔːveɪ) / nounEuropean history a day's unpaid labour owed by a feudal vassal to his lord the practice or an instance of forced labour Word Origin for corvéeC14: from Old French, from Late Latin corrogāta contribution, from Latin corrogāre to collect, from rogāre to ask Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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