bailiwick

名词 n.
中文释义
发音 bā'lĭ-wĭk

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The district within which a bailie or bailiff has jurisdiction.
    — The Bailiwick of Jersey.
  2. A person's concern or sphere of operations, their area of skill or authority. broadly
    — I established the fairly well-understood pattern that affairs of state were not in my bailiwick.

词形变化

bailiwicks plural

词汇关系

相关词
bailie bailiff

词源

From bailie (“bailiff”) and wick (“dwelling”), from Old English wīc.
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