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the barony of [place]
barony 指男爵领地时，常与地名连用；复数形式为 baronies。
The barony of Rivenhall was sold after the war.
里文霍尔男爵领地在战后被出售。
男爵领地；男爵封地
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男爵领地；男爵封地
the estate or domain of a baron
The barony of Rivenhall was sold after the war.
里文霍尔男爵领地在战后被出售。
男爵的爵位或职位。
Baronship, the rank or position of a baron.
男爵领地的法律保有形式；军役保有制。
The legal tenure of a baron's land; military tenure.
The old barony stretched from the river to the hills.
古老的男爵领地从河边一直延伸到山丘。
He inherited the barony from his uncle last year.
他去年从叔叔那里继承了男爵领地。
The map showed the boundaries of the barony.
地图上标示出了男爵领地的边界。
barony 指男爵领地时，常与地名连用；复数形式为 baronies。
The barony of Rivenhall was sold after the war.
里文霍尔男爵领地在战后被出售。
此用法中 barony 指男爵爵位，而非领地。
The king created a barony for his loyal supporter.
国王授予他忠诚的支持者一个男爵爵位。
barony 在此为可数名词，直接作 inherit 的宾语。
She inherited a barony from her uncle.
她从叔叔那里继承了一块男爵领地。
Not this
He inherited large barony from his uncle.
Use this
He inherited a large barony from his uncle.
barony 是可数名词，单数前需要冠词；汉语没有冠词，容易漏掉 a，所以应补上 a。
Not this
The baronys were divided among the nobles.
Use this
The baronies were divided among the nobles.
以“辅音字母 + y”结尾的名词变复数时要把 y 改为 ies，因此 barony 的复数是 baronies，不是 baronys。
Not this
He was made a barony by the king.
Use this
He was made a baron by the king.
barony 指“男爵领地/爵位”，不指人；表示“男爵”这个人要用 baron。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
某地的男爵领地
The barony of Richmond was an important feudal estate.
里士满男爵领地是一个重要的封建地产。
拥有男爵领地
The family held a barony in the north of England.
这个家族在英格兰北部拥有一块男爵领地。
继承男爵领地
She inherited the barony after her uncle died without an heir.
叔叔无嗣去世后，她继承了男爵领地。
授予某人男爵领地
The king granted his general a barony as a reward.
国王赐予他的将军一块男爵领地作为奖赏。
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男爵叫baron，后面加个y就成barony领地；想象baron的城堡旁有条y形小路，通向他的大片封地。
语域：formal 常见场景：historical texts、legal documents 该词多用于历史或法律语境，常见于历史著作、档案及与贵族领地或爵位相关的正式文书中，日常口语中很少使用。
Using American pronunciations: agony, balcony, colony, and harmony all end in the same unstressed /əni/ as barony, though none rhymes exactly because the consonant before /əni/ differs. Ceremony and testimony are spelling lookalikes whose final syllable is usually /moʊni/ in American English, not /əni/.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.