manor

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man·or /ˈmænə $ -ər/ noun [countable]  1. (also manor house)TBDH a big old house with a large area of land around it 庄园大宅2. SCLthe land that belonged to an important man, under the feudal system 〔封建领主的〕采邑，领地，庄园3. British English informalSCP the area that a group of police officers are responsible for 〔警察的〕管辖区 SYN patch, turf

Examples from the Corpus

manor• The hotel was a converted manor house.• I felt restless, uneasy in that haunted, creaking manor house.• The Templars first built it as a fortified manor but later generations had embellished it to make it more comfortable.• Parish councils were set up in 1894 and superseded parish vestries, which had in turn supplanted manor courts.• A window hanging twitched in the manor house, but the only person to reappear in the yard was the young squire.• But whoever the mystery buyer is, the manor will remain closed to the public.• The Roman Research Trust says the publicity from the case helped to sell the manor for more than the reserve price.• Tsarina to the manor returns.Origin manor (1200-1300) Old French manoir, from manoir “to stay, live”, from Latin manere

man·or nounChineseSyllable  

a a Corpus large big old with house

manor
man‧or /ˈmænə $ -ər/ noun [countable]1. (also manor house) a big old house with a large area of land around it
2. the land that belonged to an important man, under the feudal system
3. British English informal the area that a group of police officers are responsible for
   SYN  patch, turf

manorBrE /ˈmænə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈmænər/ 🔊 noun (BrE) (also ˈmanor house) a large country house surrounded by land that belongs to it 庄园宅第an area of land with a manor house on it 庄园；庄园领地(BrE, slang) an area in which sb works or for which they are responsible, especially officers at a police station 工作区；（尤指警察的）管辖区