peerage

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈpɪə.ɪdʒ/|[ˈpɪə̯.ɹɪdʒ]|[ˈpɪː.ɹɪdʒ]    美 /ˈpɪə.ɪdʒ/|[ˈpɪə̯.ɹɪdʒ]|[ˈpɪː.ɹɪdʒ]|/ˈpɪɹ.ɪdʒ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Peers as a group; the titled nobility or aristocracy. countable,uncountable
  2. The rank or title of a peer or peeress. countable,uncountable
    — “Two or three months more went by; the public were eagerly awaiting the arrival of this semi-exotic claimant to an English peerage, and sensations, surpassing those of the Tichborne case, were looked forward to with palpitating interest.
  3. A book listing such people and their families. countable,uncountable

词形变化

peerages plural

词汇关系

近义词
peerdom peership
衍生词
beerage
相关词
aristocracy bunyip aristocracy

词源

Inherited from Middle English perage, from Old French parage. By surface analysis, peer + -age. Doublet of parage.
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