| 词汇 | laird |
| 释义 | laird noun[ C ] uk /leəd/ us /lerd/ a Scottish man who owns a large area of land（苏格兰）地主 Rich people advantaged baller beautiful champagne socialist deb elite gilded magnate millionairess multi-millionairess nouveau riche preppy scion socialite squattocracy squillionaire tax exile the beautiful peopleidiom the jet set yuppify Examples of lairdlaird While the lairds acknowledged no master, foreign or domestic, they also refused to recognize legal constraints, and exercised an oppressive tyranny over their inferiors. My constituency contains a small library, the first lending library not set up by a local authority but by the local laird. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not care if money goes to lairds, provided that it is used effectively. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But the laird built the first pier, made the first road and established the first school. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But then in this respect, as in so many others, he is just a gillie among the lairds. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have never had so many lairds and lords at my meetings. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am certainly not a lairds' lackey or anyone else's lackey. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There was a great lack of planting in the areas once the money had been taken out by the lairds and woodland owners. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It worries me not, because this particular laird is a good land user and manages it effectively. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To-day it would cost £25,000 to build that pier, and it is beyond the means of any laird or any individual person. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Not only has private enterprise failed to go in, but private enterprise in the form of the lairds has driven people out. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not speak only on behalf of lairds, because many of my constituents are tenant farmers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The situation there is difficult, because lairds are now impoverished. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My fundamental belief is that in schools it is much better if we mix up the children of the labourer, the clerk and the laird. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no one at present to replace the old system under which the deer were kept under control by the laird and his keepers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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