Baron
['bær(ə)n] or ['bærən]
解释:
(noun.) a very wealthy or powerful businessman; 'an oil baron'.
(noun.) a British peer of the lowest rank.
(noun.) a nobleman (in various countries) of varying rank.
手打:凯勒--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) A title or degree of nobility; originally, the possessor of a fief, who had feudal tenants under him; in modern times, in France and Germany, a nobleman next in rank below a count; in England, a nobleman of the lowest grade in the House of Lords, being next below a viscount.
(n.) A husband; as, baron and feme, husband and wife.
卡洛整理
解释:
n. a title of rank the lowest in the House of Peers: formerly a title of the judges of the Court of Exchequer: in feudal times the tenants-in-chief of the Crown later the peers or great lords of the realm generally: till 1832 the name for the parliamentary representatives of the Cinque Ports: in Germany the signification instead of becoming restricted as in England has become extended—the greater or dynasty barons having all been elevated to higher titles a large number being designated barons in virtue of a diploma from some reigning prince the title being used also by all his descendants.—ns. Bar′onage the whole body of barons; Bar′on-bail′ie a magistrate appointed by the lord-superior in a burgh of barony; Bar′oness a baron's wife or a lady holding a baronial title in her own right.—adj. Barōn′ial pertaining to a baron or barony.—n. Bar′ony the territory of a baron: in Ireland a division of a county: in Scotland a large freehold estate or manor even though not carrying with it a baron's title and rank: the rank of baron.—Baron of beef a joint consisting of two sirloins left uncut at the backbone.
整理:佩吉
例句:
- It closely resembled in general features the telegraph of Baron de Schilling. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
- He made a raid on a neighboring baron and completed his outfit with the booty secured. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- But answer me, said Baron Tuille, addressing himself to me, does the Duke of Leinster go to the continent this year? 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- I should not--never a duc, baron, or vicomte of the lot. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- Ampère and of Baron de Schilling, though in some respects not so efficient as either, for its action was slow, and it required a separate wire for each letter of the alphabet. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
- The most petty baron may arrest, try, and condemn a witch found within his own domain. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- The Baron is a fine man, and is said to stand high in the Emperor's confidence and esteem. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- Where be these dog-priests now, growled the Baron, who set such price on their ghostly mummery? 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- A poor honourable is no catch, and I cannot imagine any liking in the case, for take away his rants, and the poor baron has nothing. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
- Baron Aucapitaine has since tried similar experiments. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- Baron Ungern-Sternberg, a boisterous, whole-souled old nobleman, came with the rest. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- No feudal baron in _Magna Charta_ times could have more thoroughly resented some incursion of the crown. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- Baron Wrangel came, also. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- You're a baron of the land. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- When did thy master hear of a Norman baron unbuckling his purse to relieve a churchman, whose bags are ten times as weighty as ours? 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- The princes who lived upon the worst terms with their barons, seem accordingly to have been the most liberal in grants of this kind to their burghs. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- One of the brightest jewels in the British crown, wrung from his Majesty by the barons, I believe, Mr. Jinks? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- They are supposed to have belonged to some of the marauding Barons of Holdernesse in the Middle Ages. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
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