squire是什么意思？

squire

英[ˈskwaɪə(r)] 美[skwaɪr]

• n. <英>地主，乡绅；

复数：squires;

例句

• a squire of the pad <俚>绿林好汉, 拦路贼
• What can I get you, Squire? 您要点什么，先生？
• Hard luck, squire. 运气真差，先生。
• He consults Squire Gaylord about ways of preventing the affair from becoming public. 为了防止事情闹得满城皆知,他去求教盖洛德法官.
• The whole place was the romantic vision of the paternalist local squire. 这整个地方就是那位家长式乡绅的浪漫想象。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT; N-TITLE
  (旧时英国的)乡绅，大地主
  In former times, the squire of an English village was the man who owned most of the land in it.
• N-VOC
  先生(有些男性对不相识的同性友好的尊称)
  Some men use squire to address a man they do not know in a friendly but respectful way.
  例句
  Hard luck, squire. 运气真差，先生。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  <英>地主;乡绅
  a squire of the pad <俚>绿林好汉, 拦路贼

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. young nobleman attendant on a knight
  2. an English country landowner
  3. a man who attends or escorts a woman
• Verb
  1. attend upon as a squire; serve as a squire