| 单词 | sire |
| 释义 | sire[ sahyuhr ] / saɪər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR sire ON THESAURUS.COM nounthe male parent of a quadruped. a respectful term of address, now used only to a male sovereign. Archaic.
verb (used with object), sired, sir·ing.to beget; procreate as the father. Origin of sire1175–1225; Middle English <Old French (nominative singular) <Vulgar Latin *seior, for Latin seniorsenior (compare French monsieur originally, my lord, with sieur<*seiōr-, oblique stem of *seior) OTHER WORDS FROM siresireless, adjectiveWords nearby siresir, Sirach, Siracusa, Siraj-ud-daula, sirdar, sire, siren, Sirena, sirenian, sirenic, sirenomelia Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sireBritish Dictionary definitions for siresire / (saɪə) / nouna male parent, esp of a horse or other domestic animal a respectful term of address, now used only in addressing a male monarch obsolete a man of high rank verb(tr) (esp of a domestic animal) to father; beget Word Origin for sireC13: from Old French, from Latin senior an elder, from senex an old man Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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