英语词汇“lord”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	lord
释义	lord I. \ˈlȯ(ə)rd, -ȯ(ə)d, sometimes chiefly Brit ˈləd esp in exclamations & in the form of address “My Lord” used by lawyers in court\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English lord, loverd, from Old English hlāford, from hlāf bread, loaf + weard keeper, guard — more at loaf, ward 1. : one having power and authority over others: a. : a ruler by hereditary right or preeminence to whom service and obedience are due : governor, prince, sovereign < lord among earls — Alfred Tennyson > < our late sovereign lord — John Keats > b. : one of whom a fee or estate is held in feudal tenure : the proprietor of feudal land — compare manor, mesne lord c. : a proprietor or owner of land or houses < lord of few acres and those barren too — John Dryden > — compare landlord d. obsolete : the male head of a household : a master of servants < that evil servant shall say in his heart, my lord delayeth his coming — Mt 24:48 (Authorized Version) > e. : husband < my sour husband, my hardhearted lord — Shakespeare > f. : one that has achieved mastery by virtue of superior strength or conquest < last in the field and almost lords of it — Shakespeare > < pain is a terrible lord > g. : a man who exercises leadership or great power in a particular business or occupation < press lords > < money lords > < the lords of art today — Bernard Smith > < a warning from the vice lords … not to meddle in their affairs — Bosley Crowther > 2. capitalized a. : god II < the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain — Exod 20:7 (Revised Standard Version) > — often used as an interjection to express surprise or pity < Lord, what fools these mortals be — Shakespeare > b. : christ < they have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him — Jn 20:2 (Revised Standard Version) > 3. : a man of rank or high position: as a. : a tenant in capite of the king or other feudal superior — compare baron 1 b. : any of various titled noblemen in Great Britain — used as a courtesy title for the younger son of a duke or marquess < Lord Eustace Percy, younger son of a duke of Northumberland > and as a mode of reference for (1) a baron < Lord Graves, Baron of Gravesend > or (2) on all but formal occasions a peer of the rank of marquess, earl, or viscount or one so styled as a courtesy title < addressing the marquess of Hartington as Lord Hartington > c. lords plural, usually capitalized : the lords temporal and spiritual that constitute the upper house of the British Parliament < only two or three bills thrown out by the Lords have ever been forced through by the Commons — George Orwell > 4. : a planet having controlling power or influence astrologically over a particular sign, house, or hour 5. : a person chosen to preside over a festival — compare lord of misrule 6. Britain : a humpbacked person 7. : a male harlequin duck — compare lord-and-lady II. verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English lorden, from lord, n. *intransitive verb* : to behave like a lord : act in a lordly manner : put on airs < supreme the spectral creature lorded — Robert Browning > — usually used with formulary it < lording it in a stucco palace — Clifton Fadiman > < lording it around the bar — Edna Ferber > < the film director has lorded it over the interpreter of Shakespeare — Walter Goodman > *transitive verb* 1. archaic : to rule as lord of < all the revels he had lorded there — John Keats > 2. archaic a. : to grant the title of lord to : ennoble < those that hath for any services been lorded — George Wither > b. : to address by the title of lord < every spoken tongue should lord you — Alfred Tennyson >
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