reeve

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of several local officials, with varying responsibilities. historical
    — His first convert was the reeve of the city of Lincoln called Blæcca, ...
  2. A female of the species Philomachus pugnax, a highly gregarious, medium-sized wading bird of Eurasia; the male is a ruff.
  3. The president of a township or municipal district council. Canada
  4. The holder of a proposed but unadopted commissioned rank of the Royal Air Force, equivalent to wing commander. historical
    — A list of new titles was manufactured as follows: Ensign, Lieutenant, Flight-Leader, Squadron-Leader, Reeve, Banneret, Fourth-Ardian, Third-Ardian, Second-Ardian, Ardian, Air Marshal. […] “Reeve”, perhaps, savoured a little too much of legal authority.
动词 v.
  1. To pass (a rope) through a hole or opening, especially so as to fasten it. dialectal
    — "Let the rope go," he says. With his other hand he reaches down and reeves the two turns from the stanchion.

词形变化

reeves plural reve alternative,obsolete reeves present,singular,third-person reeving participle,present reeved participle,past reeved past rove participle,past rove past reeves plural

词汇关系

衍生词
hogreeve landreeve lathereeve reeveship shire-reeve trithing-reeve woodreeve
相关词
sheriff bailiff

词源

词源 1
From Middle English reve, from Old English rēfa, an aphetism of ġerēfa (also grœ̄fa), from Proto-West Germanic *garāfijō (“officer, official”). Compare Danish greve, Swedish greve, Dutch graaf, German Graf.
The role, and eventually the word, was mostly replaced by bailiff, of Anglo-Norman origin.
词源 2
Apparent alternative form of reef (“to pull or yank strongly”, verb) or from Dutch reven (“to take in, insert”).
词源 3
Variant of dialectal ree, but of obscure ultimate origin.
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