Sheriff
['ʃerɪf] or ['ʃɛrɪf]
解释:
(n.) The chief officer of a shire or county, to whom is intrusted the execution of the laws, the serving of judicial writs and processes, and the preservation of the peace.
手打:露西娅
解释:
n. the governor of a shire: (English law) the chief officer of the crown in every county or shire his duties being chiefly ministerial rather than judicial: (Scots law) the chief magistrate and judge of the county: in the United States the office of sheriff is mainly ministerial his principal duties to maintain peace and order attend courts guard prisoners serve processes and execute judgments.—ns. Sher′iffalty Sher′iffdom Sher′iffship the office or jurisdiction of a sheriff; Sher′iff-clerk in Scotland the registrar of the sheriff's court who has charge of the records of the court; Sher′iff-dep′ute (Scot.) the sheriff proper so called since the abolition of the heritable jurisdictions in 1748 to distinguish him from the earlier heritable Sher′iff-prin′cipal whose title is now merged in that of the Lord-lieutenant; Sher′iff-off′icer in Scotland an officer connected with the sheriff's court who is charged with arrests the serving of processes &c.; Sher′iff-sub′stitute the acting sheriff in a Scotch county or city like the sheriff-depute appointed by the crown but unlike the sheriff-depute forced to reside within his judicial district and forbidden to take other employment; Un′der-sher′iff the deputy of an English sheriff who performs the execution of writs.
录入:费尔普斯
娱乐性解释：
To dream of seeing a sheriff, denotes that you will suffer great uneasiness over the uncertain changes which loom up before you. To imagine that you are elected sheriff or feel interested in the office, denotes that you will participate in some affair which will afford you neither profit nor honor. To escape arrest, you will be able to further engage in illicit affairs. See Bailiff and Police.
编辑:摩尔
娱乐性解释：
n. In America the chief executive officer of a county whose most characteristic duties in some of the Western and Southern States are the catching and hanging of rogues.
手打:洛伊斯
例句:
- I saw my mother put up at sheriff's sale, with her seven children. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- Think of those two aides-de-camp of Mr. Moses, the sheriff's-officer, who watched our lodging for a week. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- Namby's the name,' said the sheriff's deputy, as Mr. Pickwick took his spectacles from under the pillow, and put them on, to read the card. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- MICAWBER, and the defendant in that cause is the prey of the sheriff having legal jurisdiction in this bailiwick. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- Mr. Tulkinghorn glances through the little window at the back of Coavinses', the sheriff's officer's, where lights shine in Coavinses' windows. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- But let it be remembered that those are forced terms--Sheriff's sale prices. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- He was high sheriff, and rode in a golden coach. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- There is no more mercy in them, said another of the banditti, than in an unbribed sheriffs officer. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
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