a man of high social standing who owns and lives on an estate in a rural area, especially the chief landowner in such an area 乡绅;大地主 the squire of Radbourne Hall. 莱得伯恩豪尔的大地主。 [as title]Squire Trelawny. 特里劳尼老爷。 ■(Brit. informal)used by a man as a friendly or humorous form of address to another man (英,非正式)[用作男子间友好或幽默的称呼]先生 ■(US archaic)a title given to a magistrate, lawyer, or judge in some rural districts (美,古)治安官;法官;律师
(historical)a young nobleman acting as an attendant to a knight before becoming a knight himself (史)(骑士的)扈从
(Austral.)a subadult snapper fish (Chrysophrys auratus) (澳)小笛鲷
verb
[with obj.](of a man) accompany or escort (a woman) (男子)陪伴(女子);保护(女子) she was squired around Rome by a reporter. 她由一个记者相伴环游罗马。 ■(dated)(of a man) have a romantic relationship with (a woman) (旧)(男子)与(一女子)有一段风流韵事
派生 squiredom noun squireship noun 语源
Middle English (in sense 2): shortening of Old French esquier 'esquire'