• adj. 封建制度的；領(lǐng)地的；世仇的

來(lái)自PIE*peku, 牛。引申詞義耕作，耕種，指有土地所有權(quán)的國(guó)王或莊園領(lǐng)主把土地封給其臣民或臣子進(jìn)行耕作，以臣民或臣子上交一定的地租或提供勞務(wù)服務(wù)做為交換，類似于中國(guó)古代的分封制。該詞與feud沒(méi)有任何詞源聯(lián)系。比較其同源詞fee, pecuniary.

feudal

feudal: see fee

feudal (adj.)

1610s, "pertaining to feuds," estates of land granted by a superior on condition of services to be rendered to the grantor, from Medieval Latin feudalis, from feudum "feudal estate, land granted to be held as a benefice," of Germanic origin (cognates: Gothic faihu "property," Old High German fihu "cattle;" see fee). Related to Middle English feodary "one who holds lands of an overlord in exchange for service" (late 14c.). Not related to feud.

1. Diplomacy was in his blood: his ancestors had been feudal lords.

他天生擅長(zhǎng)交際：他的祖先曾是封建領(lǐng)主。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. Feudal rulers ruled over the country several thousand years.

封建統(tǒng)治者統(tǒng)治這個(gè)國(guó)家?guī)浊?

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

3. The feudal system lasted for two thousand years in China.

封建制度在中國(guó)延續(xù)了兩千年之久.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

4. Many people look back with nostalgia to feudal times.

許多人留戀不舍地回顧封建時(shí)代.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

5. This historical novel illustrates the breaking up of feudal society in microcosm.

這部歷史小說(shuō)是走向崩潰的封建社會(huì)的縮影.

來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》