n.贵族夫人,有爵位的妇女;
英文例句/中文翻译:
Most will be simply bewildered by passages like this one: "When a peeress ( i.e. a duchess, marchioness, countess, viscountess or baroness) obtains a divorce, the general rule is that she places her forename before her title, for example, Mary, Duchess of Hampshire."
大多数美国人可能会为这样的段落感到困惑不已:“贵族夫人(即公爵夫人、侯爵夫人、伯爵夫人、子爵夫人或男爵夫人)离婚后,一般规则是她把自己的名字放在头衔前面,例如,玛丽,汉普郡公爵夫人。”
This our Peeress declined as unnecessary, alleging that her cousin Thornhill's recommendation would be sufficient.
那位贵人不肯,还说不必,只要有她老表唐希尔保荐就够了。
Investigation on Literacy Education for Royal Noblewomen in Ancient China; a peeress in her own right
对古代皇宫贵族女性文化教育的考察