(chiefly historical)a local official, in particular the chief magistrate of a town or district in Anglo-Saxon England (主史)(英国盎格鲁萨克逊时期)地方长官 ■(Canadian)the president of a village or town council (加)(村镇议会的)民选议长
语源
Old English rēfa
reeve2 (past and past participle rove 或 reeved)
[with obj.](Nautical)thread (a rope or rod) through a ring or other aperture (航海)将线(或绳、棒)穿过环(或孔) one end of the new rope was reeved through the chain. 新绳子的一端从链条中穿过。 ■fasten (a rope or block) in this way 把(绳,滑轮)缚紧,绑紧
语源
early 17th cent.: probably from Dutch reven 'reef (a sail') (see reef)
reeve3 noun
a female ruff 雌流苏鹬。 见ruff (义项4)
语源
early 17th cent.: variant of dialect ree, of unknown origin