bailiwick
英 ['beɪlɪwɪk]
美['belə,wɪk]
英文词源
- bailiwick (n.)
- "district of a bailiff," early 15c., baillifwik, from bailiff (q.v.) + Middle English form of Old English wic "village" (see wick (n.2)). Figurative sense of "one's natural or proper sphere" is first recorded 1843.
英英释意
- 1. the area over which a bailiff has jurisdiction
- 2. a branch of knowledge;
- "in what discipline is his doctorate?"
- "teachers should be well trained in their subject"
- "anthropology is the study of human beings"
