portreeve
构词拆分
演变路径(由近及远)
- 英语
- 继承自 ←中古英语 portereve
- 继承自 ←古英语 portġerēfa
词源说明
From Middle English portereve, portereve, from Old English portġerēfa, from port (“a walled market town”) + ġerēfa (“reeve”). By surface analysis, port + reeve.
释义(英文)
名词 Noun
- A borough-reeve: an office equivalent to a mayor (historical) in several major English towns or (dialect) in various minor