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单词 bailiwick
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
bail•i•wick /ˈbeɪləˌwɪk/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Government, Scottish Termsthe district of a bailiff.
  2. a person's area of skill, knowledge, or authority:Helping people get justice is his bailiwick.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
bail•i•wick  (bālə wik′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Government, Scottish Termsthe district within which a bailie or bailiff has jurisdiction.
  2. a person's area of skill, knowledge, authority, or work:to confine suggestions to one's own bailiwick.
  • late Middle English, equivalent. to baili- bailie + wick wick3 1425–75
    • 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged domain, department, sphere, territory, turf.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
bailiwick /ˈbeɪlɪwɪk/ n
  1. the area over which a bailiff has jurisdiction
  2. a person's special field of interest, authority, or skill
Etymology: 15th Century: from baili(e) + wick²
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