Word · Frequency #9854
squire
骑士侍从；年轻贵族侍从
核心释义
A knight's attendant, either a shield-bearer or a young nobleman serving a knight.
- 1.
侍从骑士的持盾或持甲者。
A shield-bearer or armor-bearer who attended a knight.
- 2.
骑士的年轻贵族侍从
young nobleman attendant on a knight
- 3.
大人物身边的男随从。
A male attendant on a great personage.
- 4.
英国乡村地主
an English country landowner
- 5.
女士的忠实随从或追求者；情郎。
A devoted attendant or follower of a lady; a beau.
- 6.
陪伴或护送女士的男士
a man who attends or escorts a woman
- 7.
一种官职和尊称。参见 esquire 条。
A title of office and courtesy. See under esquire.
- 8.
澳大利亚鲷(Chrysophrys auratus),一种食用鱼,也见于东亚。
An Australian snapper (Chrysophrys auratus), a food fish also found in eastern Asia.
- 9.
草皇帝鱼(Lethrinus laticaudis),西太平洋珊瑚礁的一种鱼。
A grass emperor (Lethrinus laticaudis), of coral reefs of the western Pacific.
乡绅；侍从；随从；（女士的）追求者；护花使者；（用于姓名后的尊称）先生；阁下；鲷鱼；草皇帝鱼
用法In use
The local squire donated a large sum of money to build a new school.
用法提示：这里 "squire" 作为名词，指英国乡村中的地主乡绅，拥有土地和社会地位。
Every morning, the squire would ride his horse across the fields to inspect the crops.
用法提示：句子中的 "squire" 用作名词，表示一位乡村地主，经常巡视自己的土地。
The villagers respected the old squire for his fairness and generosity.
用法提示：这里的 "squire" 是名词，指一位受人尊敬的乡村地主，体现了其社会角色。
be a squire
squire 作名词指中世纪骑士的扈从或侍从，也指乡绅。
He was a squire to the knight.
他是骑士的扈从。
the squire of [place]
指某一地区的乡绅或地主。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- country squire
- 乡绅；乡村地主
- The country squire spent his days managing farms and hunting with his friends.这位乡绅整天忙于打理农场，并和朋友们一起狩猎。
- knight's squire
- 骑士的侍从
- The knight's squire polished the armor and sharpened the sword before the tournament.骑士的侍从在比赛前擦亮了盔甲并磨快了剑。
- squire of dames
- 对女士献殷勤的人；护花使者
- He was the squire of dames, always ready to accompany the ladies to any event.他总爱对女士献殷勤，随时准备陪她们参加任何活动。
- village squire
- 村中乡绅；本地乡绅
- The village squire paid for the school roof to be repaired.村中的乡绅出钱修缮了学校的屋顶。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
squire：想象一名少年侍从为骑士持盾，单膝跪地，紧随其旁——这便是squire。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：historical fiction、period dramas、rural English literature squire 多用于历史或文学语境，可指骑士侍从，也可指英国乡绅；现代口语中较少见，带过时或诙谐色彩。正式场合使用也有限，需结合具体义项判断。
语法说明Grammar Note
常与物主代词连用，如 his squire
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
All six words rhyme with squire's final /aɪr/ sound: wire, tire, hire, fire, quire, and conspire. Beware of lookalikes like square (/skwɛr/), which is pronounced differently, and quiet (/ˈkwaɪət/) or quite (/kwaɪt/), which have similar spellings but different endings.
一起学习词形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, WORDNET.