Word · Frequency #26385
marchioness
侯爵夫人；侯爵遗孀
the wife or widow of a marquis
- 1.
The wife of a marquess.
侯爵夫人。
- 2.
A woman holding the rank of marquess in her own right.
拥有侯爵头衔的女性。
女侯爵；侯爵夫人。；拥有侯爵头衔的女性。；侯爵夫人
In use
The marchioness welcomed the guests at the castle gate.
Several marchionesses attended the queen's garden party.
She became a marchioness after marrying the marquis.
the Marchioness of [place]
在英国贵族头衔中，marchioness 常以 the Marchioness of + 地名 的形式出现，此时首字母大写。
The Marchioness of Bath attended the fundraising dinner.
巴斯侯爵夫人出席了筹款晚宴。
become a marchioness
marchioness 既可指侯爵的妻子或遗孀，也可指拥有侯爵爵位的女性。
She became a marchioness after marrying the marquis.
她嫁给侯爵后成为了侯爵夫人。
be created a marchioness
当强调女性本人拥有侯爵爵位而非因婚姻获得“侯爵夫人”称号时，常用 be created a marchioness 或 a marchioness in her own right。
Connections
Collocations
- the Marchioness of [place]
- ……侯爵夫人（贵族头衔）
- The Marchioness of Bath welcomed the guests at the ball.巴斯侯爵夫人在这场舞会上欢迎了宾客。
- become a marchioness
- 成为侯爵夫人
- After she married the marquis, she became a marchioness.嫁给侯爵后，她便成了侯爵夫人。
- the dowager marchioness
- 侯爵遗孀
- The dowager marchioness continued to manage the estate after her husband died.丈夫去世后，这位侯爵遗孀继续打理庄园。
- a marchioness in her own right
- 以自身权利封授的女侯爵
- Her family had no male heir, so she inherited the title and became a marchioness in her own right.她的家族没有男性继承人，所以她继承了爵位，成为一位凭自身权利受封的女侯爵。
- the late marchioness
- 已故的侯爵夫人
- The late marchioness was remembered for her charity work.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
拆成 march + ioness，联想三月（March）的母狮（lioness），高贵威严如侯爵夫人。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：正式文书、历史与贵族语境、头衔介绍 该词多用于正式或历史语境，指侯爵夫人或女侯爵，日常口语中很少使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words end in the spelling -ess, typically pronounced /ɪs/ in the final unstressed syllable, which matches the final -ess of marchioness. However, they are not full rhymes: marchioness stresses /ɑː/ in the first syllable, while these words have different stressed vowels (/aʊ/, /ʌ/, /æ/, /ɪ/, /oʊ/, /æ/). Use them as spelling-pattern comparisons, not rhymes.
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.