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单词 manor
释义
manorman‧or /ˈmænə $ -ər/ noun [countable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINmanor
Origin:
1200-1300 Old French manoir, from manoir ‘to stay, live’, from Latin manere
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • A window hanging twitched in the manor house, but the only person to reappear in the yard was the young squire.
  • But whoever the mystery buyer is, the manor will remain closed to the public.
  • I felt restless, uneasy in that haunted, creaking manor house.
  • Parish councils were set up in 1894 and superseded parish vestries, which had in turn supplanted manor courts.
  • The hotel was a converted manor house.
  • The Roman Research Trust says the publicity from the case helped to sell the manor for more than the reserve price.
  • The Templars first built it as a fortified manor but later generations had embellished it to make it more comfortable.
  • Tsarina to the manor returns.
word sets
WORD SETS
aisle, nounbelfry, nounbiomass, nounbooth, nounbreakwater, nounbridge, nounbridge, verbclapboard, nouncondemn, verbcondo, nounconstructor, nouncourtyard, nouncubicle, nouncupola, noundais, nounderrick, noundes res, noundeveloper, noundevelopment, noundome, noundomed, adjectivedry rot, nounDumpster, noundump truck, nounduplex, nounDutch barn, noundwelling, noundyke, nouneaves, nounelevator, nounescalator, nounestate, nounexit, nounfarmstead, nounfence, nounfirebrick, nounflagged, adjectiveflagstone, nounfortify, verbfoundation stone, nounfountain, nounfreehold, nounglazier, nounglazing, noungrating, noungroin, noungroyne, nounhandrail, nounhousing estate, nounhut, nouninsulation, nounironwork, nounlandscape architect, nounlandscape gardening, nounlevee, nounlisted, adjectivelow-rise, adjectivelychgate, nounmanor, nounmansion, nounmarble, nounmason, nounmasonry, nounminaret, nounmulti-storey, adjectivemulti-storey, nounopen-plan, adjectivepanel, nounpanelled, adjectivepantile, nounpillar, nounplatform, nounportal, nounportcullis, nounprecast, adjectiveprefab, nounprefabricated, adjectivepre-stressed, adjectivepublic works, nounQuonset hut, nounrailing, nounredecorate, verbredevelop, verbrevolving door, nounriser, nounrising damp, nounrivet, nounrood screen, nounroof, nounroom, nounroughcast, nounrow house, nounsalon, nounsash window, nounseawall, nounshelter, nounstanchion, nounstorey, nounstrut, nounsubside, verbsubsidence, nounsubstructure, nounsuperstructure, nounsurvey, nounsurvey, verbsurveyor, nounswing bridge, nountar, nountar, verbtower, nountriplex, nounurban renewal, nounwatercourse, nounwicket gate, nounwindbreak, nounwindmill, nounyard, noun
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· It's an old manor house.· I journeyed out to the old manor house near Buxfield.· The rebuilding of the old manor took place over a period of about five years and was probably finished in about 1727.· Unless further evidence comes to light I believe that Court Farm is the old manor house of Langridge.· Sheldon Manor, Wiltshire's oldest inhabited manor house.
NOUN
· Beautiful, medieval, moated manor house in the heart of the Kentish Weald.· When the fellow returned I entertained him here in the manor house.· The manor house and Ferriby Hall are still extant and remind one of the former grandeur of the High Street.· Meanwhile, Seb tied the reins of his horse to the back of the cart before sprinting towards the manor house.· I felt restless, uneasy in that haunted, creaking manor house.· Triumphant in this latest development in his career has bought a manor house in the area.· This is a palatial Jacobean country manor house with exquisite interiors and wooden carvings.· The former manor house passed to Bonds.
VERB
· When William Faunt bought the manor in 1549 half the land was already enclosed.· After the Restoration he bought the manor of Watton in Norfolk, remaining its owner until his death.· Triumphant in this latest development in his career has bought a manor house in the area.· For example, between 1338 and 1376 the Earl of Arundel bought over twenty manors in Sussex and Surrey.
1 (also manor house) a big old house with a large area of land around it2the land that belonged to an important man, under the feudal system3British English informal the area that a group of police officers are responsible for SYN  patch, turf
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