Landlord
[ 'lændlɔrd ]
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n. 房东，地主;店主;
💡 词根助记
land土地+lord主 → 地主
📝 例句
The landlord wouldn't reduce the rent of their room.
房东不肯减少他们房间的租金。
The landlord pressed the poor peasant for the debt.
地主催促可怜的农民还债。
My landlord's threatening to put the rent up by 10 a week.
我的房东要挟说要把每周租金提高10英镑.
Local landlords drove them off their plots.
当地的地主将他们从他们的地块上赶走。
"Well, I am sorry the squire can't come yet," says my landlord.
“那位先生还不能来，我觉得很遗憾，”我的男主人说。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※谐音“懒得劳动”:地主懒得劳动
※ land-土地,lord-统治者:土地的统治者→地主、房东
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
📖 牛津释义
landlord
n
1 person who lets land, a house, a room, etc to a tenant 地主; 房东.
2 person who keeps a public house or a boarding-house （酒店或寄宿舍的）店主, 主人
It's a nice pub, except for the landlord. 酒店挺不错, 可是那店主却不怎麽样. Cf 参看 landlady. =>Usage at tenant 用法见tenant.
🎯 考研助记
构词：land（地）+lord（统治者，领主） 网友：BOB 补充：谐音:懒得劳动(地主)
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If Shylock cuts deep enough, I'll pay him back with all my heart.
要是夏洛克割得够深的话，我就要以整个心偿还他的债了。
From time to time, I notice that he puts a piece of meat down his trousers just before he leaves the factory.
我经常看到，他在快要离厂前把一块肉藏在裤子里。
Centuries ago, the word beeline was made to describe this thin line of bees flying through the air.
几百年前，有人用beeline 这个词来描写蜜蜂在空中飞行的细窄路线。