Shire
['ʃaɪə] or ['ʃaɪɚ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) British breed of large heavy draft horse.
(noun.) a former administrative district of England; equivalent to a county.
手打:露西娅--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A portion of Great Britain originally under the supervision of an earl; a territorial division, usually identical with a county, but sometimes limited to a smaller district; as, Wiltshire, Yorkshire, Richmondshire, Hallamshire.
(n.) A division of a State, embracing several contiguous townships; a county.
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解釋/意思:
n. a county one of the larger divisions of England for political purposes—originally a division of the kingdom under a sheriff the deputy of the ealdorman: a term also surviving as applied to certain smaller districts in England as Richmondshire and Hallamshire.—ns. Shire′man a sheriff; Shire′-moot Shire′-mote formerly in England a court of the county held periodically by the sheriff together with the bishop or the ealdorman.
校對:杜鲁门
例句/造句/用法:
- From Lowood school, in ---shire. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- I hope your plans in favour of the ----shire will not be affected by his being in the neighbourhood. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- I sent it down again, with these words written underneath the word, on purpose to put him in a passion, Don't know anybody in that shire. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- At Gateshead; in ---shire. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- They were sent up by the minor gentry, freeholders and village elders of their districts as early as 1254, two knights from each shire. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- It was the prospect of constant society, and good society, he added, which was my chief inducement to enter the ----shire. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- Since the ----shire were first quartered in Meryton, nothing but love, flirtation, and officers have been in her head. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- He intended to have her brought up in ---shire, I believe. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- It seems that Nunnely Priory is shut up--that the family are gone back to their place in ----shire. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- An uncle, an aunt, and two cousins from the south--a Mr., Mrs., and two Misses Sympson, of Sympson Grove, ----shire--came down upon her in state. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- And when I returned home, the ----shire was to leave Meryton in a week or fortnight's time. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- Yet that name astonished her--Shirley Keeldar, Sympson Grove, ----shire (a southern county), and a date four years back. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- I speak to Mrs. Bretton, formerly of Bretton, ----shire? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Besides, it will not much signify what one wears this summer, after the ----shire have left Meryton, and they are going in a fortnight. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- His regiment is there; for I suppose you have heard of his leaving the ----shire, and of his being gone into the regulars. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
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