| 单词 | reservation |
| 释义 | reservation n. 1. the act or an instance of reserving or being reserved. 2. a booking (of a room, berth, seat, etc.). 3. the thing booked, e.g. a room in a hotel. 4. an express or tacit limitation or exception to an agreement etc. (had reservations about the plan). 5. Brit. a strip of land between the carriageways of a road. 6. an area of land reserved for occupation by American Indians, African Blacks, or Australian Aboriginals, etc. 7. a a right or interest retained in an estate being conveyed. b the clause reserving this. 8. Eccl. a the practice of retaining for some purpose a portion of the Eucharistic elements (esp. the bread) after celebration. b RC Ch. the power of absolution reserved to a superior. c RC Ch. the right reserved to the Pope of nomination to a vacant benefice. Etymology: ME f. OF reservation or LL reservatio (as RESERVE) |
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