| 单词 | manor |
| 释义 | manor (once / 667 pages) n A manor is the house of a lord — pretty fancy stuff. If you like to read 18th-century British novels, you probably read about a lot of people having dinner, dance, and restrained romance in their manors. Manor comes from the Old French manoir, meaning "dwelling place," but a manor isn't just any old dwelling place. In the days when people still had titles of nobility, the houses and the grounds of the nobles were known as manors. If you tell someone that his house is a manor, that's like saying it's so opulent and lovely that it could have belonged to a lord. WORD FAMILYmanor: manorial, manors+/manorial: manorially USAGE EXAMPLESParanormal Lockdown Nick and Katrina visit a historic, purportedly haunted manor in Middleboro, Mass., in this new episode of the unscripted series. 9 p.m. Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) The Manor Site-specific tale of scandal and murder, inspired by actual events. Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) He used to work for the Briarcliff Manor police department. Washington Times(Dec 20, 2016) 1n the landed estate of a lord (including the house on it) Hyper acres, demesne, estate, land, landed estate extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use 2n the mansion of a lord or wealthy person Syn|Hyper manor house hall, manse, mansion, mansion house, residence a large and imposing house |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含147318条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。