sheriff: [OE] A sheriff is etymologically a ‘shirereeve’ – that is, a ‘county official’. The term was compounded in the Old English period from scīr, ancestor of modern English shire, and gerēfa ‘local official’, a word based on *rōf ‘a(chǎn)ssembly’ which survives as the historical term reeve. It was used for the ‘monarch’s representative in a county’. => reeve, shire
sheriff (n.)
late Old English scirgerefa "representative of royal authority in a shire," from scir (see shire) + gerefa "chief, official, reeve" (see reeve). As an American county official, attested from 1660s; sheriff's sale first recorded 1798. Sheriff's tooth (late 14c.) was a common name for the annual tax levied to pay for the sheriff's victuals during court sessions.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. "It's from a notebook," the sheriff said, "And there's writing on it."
“這是在一個(gè)筆記本里找到的，”法官道，“上面還有文字。”
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. Oh, is it? … said the sheriff with a sneer.
“噢, 是 嗎 ?”司法官冷笑著說(shuō).
來(lái)自《用法詞典》
3. He was appointed Sheriff of New York.
他被任命為紐約司法長(zhǎng)官.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
4. Sheriff has been pushed at least to 2006.
Sheriff一直在被推行至少到2006.
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
5. As a matter of routine, the sheriff's office there had been notified of the change of address.