fess

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A horizontal band across the middle of the shield.
    — Lord Robert Walsingham de Vere St. Simon, second son of the Duke of Balmoral—Hum! Arms: Azure, three caltrops in chief over a fess sable.
动词 v.
  1. To confess; to admit.
形容词 adj.
  1. Proud; conceited. UK,dialectal
    — Y'll be fess enough, my poppet, when th'st know!"
  2. Lively; active; strong. UK,dialectal
  3. Of animals, bad-tempered, fierce. UK,dialectal

词形变化

fesses present,singular,third-person fessing participle,present fessed participle,past fessed past 'fess alternative fesses plural fesse alternative feese alternative

词源

词源 1
Clipping of confess.
词源 2
From Middle English fesse, from Old French fesse, an alteration of faisse, from Latin fascia. Cognate with fajita, fascia, and fascism.
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