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hacienda

/hah-see-en-duh; Spanish ah-syen-dah/US // ˌhɑ siˈɛn də; Spanish ɑˈsyɛn dɑ //UK // (ˌhæsɪˈɛndə) //

庄园,农庄,城堡,宾馆

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural ha·ci·en·das [hah-see-en-duhz; Spanish ah-syen-dahs]. /ˌhɑ siˈɛn dəz; Spanish ɑˈsyɛn dɑs/.

    • : a large landed estate, especially one used for farming or ranching.
    • : the main house on such an estate.
    • : a stock raising, mining, or manufacturing establishment in the country.

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Examples

  • At his Tucson hacienda he is a gracious host and a good neighbor.

  • We could hear the rush of the river from the old hacienda we were using as a location.

  • Instead I ended my journey via motorcycle, traveling from one hacienda and ranchero to the next while sampling the local flavor.

  • His duties keep him at present at the Larch-tree hacienda, where there is going to be a grand hunt in a few days.

  • We have still three hours of night; let us profit by them to rest, in order to be ready to start for the hacienda at sunrise.

  • From that night we were accorded all the privileges of honored guests in the great hacienda.

  • He belonged to a hacienda in Bernalillo, a hundred miles or more west of Santa Fé.

  • The wealthy elite sons and daughters of the hacienda studied at institutions of higher learning abroad.