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lordship

/lawrd-ship/US // ˈlɔrd ʃɪp //UK // (ˈlɔːdʃɪp) //

贵族身份,贵族气质,贵族的身份,贵族地位

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a term of respect used when speaking of or to certain noblemen.
    • : the state or dignity of a lord.
    • : the authority or power of a lord.
    • : the domain of a lord.
    • : British. a term of respect used when speaking of or to judges.

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Examples

  • True aristocrats live on the same land as the peons because that is what you have to do to exercise true lordship.

  • "Capital, capital," his lordship would remark with great alacrity, when there was no other way of escape.

  • His lordship retired shortly to his study, Hetton and Mr. Haggard betook themselves to the billiard-room.

  • When his lordship retired early, as was his custom, the other men adjourned once more to the billiard-room.

  • "I most humbly thank your lordship," replied the butler with an air of profound gratitude, as he chuckled in his sleeve.

  • What is, then, this precious drink I read of in my Shakespeare—so precious, that your lordship will not trust him to his butler?