| 单词 | squire |
| 释义 | squire (skwaɪəʳ ) Word forms: squires 1. countable noun & title noun In former times, the squire of an English village was the man who owned most of the land in it. 2. vocative noun Some men use squire to address a man they do not know in a friendly but respectful way. [British, informal] Hard luck, squire. Collocations: country squire But tastes are changing now that the typical country squire is more likely to be a loaded banker than landed gentry. Times, Sunday Times (2008) He was a country squire, and his family had been there for centuries. Times, Sunday Times (2013) He suffered, certainly, but it was with the civilized air of a country squire. Kevin Keegan - Black and White (1993) |
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