landlord

名词 n. 动词 v.
/ˈlænd.lɔːd/    /ˈlæn(d).lɔɹd/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person that leases real property; a lessor.
    — Brethren, brethren, it were better to haue this communitie, Then to haue this difference in degrees: The landlord his rent, the lawyer his fees. So quickly the poore mans ſubſtance is ſpent […]
  2. The owner or manager of a public house. UK
    — When asked to explain why he became a landlord, he told the Archbishop of York it was so he could close the pub on Sundays, and suppress the profane language and singing that came through the bar windows.
  3. A shark, imagined as the owner of the surf to be avoided. slang,with-definite-article
    — the lurking presence of “The Landlord”
动词 v.
  1. To lease real property; to act as a lessor. rare,transitive
    — All kinds of "Dulishevskis" were "landlording" in Tisza's time, and have continued under the Communists.

词形变化

landlords plural landlords present,singular,third-person landlording participle,present landlorded participle,past landlorded past

词源

词源 1
From Middle English londlord, landlorde, from Old English landhlāford, equivalent to land + lord. Cognate with Scots landlaird, Middle Low German lantlord (“homeowner, landlord”).
词源 2
From Middle English londlord, landlorde, from Old English landhlāford, equivalent to land + lord. Cognate with Scots landlaird, Middle Low German lantlord (“homeowner, landlord”).
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