Word · Frequency #24868
fiefs
封地；采邑
fiefs is the plural of fief.
fief
- 1.
Synonym of estate: any land, when considered as a region over which the owner exercises lordly control.
庄园的同义词:作为所有者行使领主式控制的区域的土地。
- 2.
a piece of land held under the feudal system
封建制度下持有的一块土地
- 3.
A territory, a domain, an area over which one exercises lordly control, particularly with regard to corporate or governmental bureaucracies.
领土、领地或行使控制权的区域,尤其指公司或政府官僚机构中的势力范围。
庄园的同义词:作为所有者行使领主式控制的区域的土地。；封建制度下持有的一块土地；领土、领地或行使控制权的区域,尤其指公司或政府官僚机构中的势力范围。；封地；采邑
In use
The knight received a fief from the king in return for his military service.
In medieval Europe, a fief could be passed from father to son.
The lord managed his fief carefully, collecting taxes from the peasants.
grant [someone] a fief
grant 后接人作间接宾语，再接封地作直接宾语。
The king granted him a fief.
国王赐予他一块封地。
receive a fief from [somebody]
receive ... from 表示从领主处获得封地。
He received a fief from the duke.
他从公爵那里获得了一块封地。
be a fief of [somebody]
fief 是可数名词，复数形式为 fiefs。
Connections
Collocations
- hold a fief
- 持有封地
- In the Middle Ages, a vassal could hold a fief from his lord.在中世纪，封臣可以从领主那里持有封地。
- grant a fief
- 授予封地
- The king granted a fief to his most loyal knight.国王把一块封地授予他最忠诚的骑士。
- hereditary fief
- 世袭封地
- The title and the hereditary fief passed to his eldest son.爵位和世袭封地传给了他的长子。
- fief from the king
- 国王赐予的封地
- He treated the fief from the king as his own property.他把国王赐予的封地当作自己的财产。
Synonyms
- fiefdom
- 封地，采邑；也指某人掌控的领地或势力范围 · 与 fief 意义几乎相同，但现代英语中更常用于比喻义，指某人或某集团的控制范围；历史语境中想要准确时，fief 更正式。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 fief 记成“肥封地”：封建领主赐给下属的肥沃封地。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：historical writing、academic discussion fief 是正式、偏历史/学术的词汇，通常用于历史叙述、学术讨论或文学作品中，日常口语中很少使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这 6 个词与 fief /fif/ 押韵，都含 /iːf/ 音。拼写结尾常见三种：-ief（chief、thief、grief、belief）、-eaf（leaf）、-eef（beef）。注意不要被拼写迷惑：fierce /fɪrs/ 和 fiery /ˈfaɪəri/ 虽以 fie- 开头，但发音不同，不押韵。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.