appurtenance

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. That which appertains; an appendage to something else; an addition.
    — Indeed, that was as it should be; for she was only an appurtenance of my mattress, or self-acting bedstead on four castors.
  2. Equipment used for some specific task; gear. in-plural
    — Araminta, come I'll talk ſeriouſly to you now, could you but ſee vvith my Eyes the buffoonry of one Scene of Addreſs, a Lover, ſet out with all his Equipage and Appurtenances; […]
  3. A subordinate interest in land which benefits a principal estate, which cannot be detached from or held separately to that estate; an appurtenant interest.
    — It is well settled that a water right may pass with land as an appurtenance thereto, or as a parcel thereof.
  4. A modifier that is appended or prepended to another word to coin a new word that expresses belonging.
  5. The state or quality of being an appurtenance.
    — Thus, these two characteristics — appurtenance and the lack of need for any act of acquisition - go together and depend upon each other; one is merely looking at different facets of the same thing.

词形变化

appurtenances plural appertainance alternative,dated appurtenaunce alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

相关词
appertain

词源

From Middle English appurtenaunce, from Anglo-Norman apurtenance and Old French apartenance, from apartenir, from Latin appertineō (“to belong, to appertain”). More at appertain. By surface analysis, appertain + -ance.
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