marquess

英 [ˈmɑːkwɪs]

美 [ˈmɑːrkwɪs]

n. (英国)侯爵

复数：marquesses　

BNC.16803 / COCA.29893

牛津词典

noun

（英国）侯爵
(in Britain) a nobleman of high rank between an earl and a duke
1. the Marquess of Bath
  巴斯侯爵

noun

A German nobleman ranking above a count ( corresponding in rank to a British marquess).
德国高于伯爵等级（相当于英国侯爵等级）的贵族。
He was conferred marquess by the king.
他被国王册封为侯爵。
The third estate of the realm: the nobility ( especially British nobility) of the rank of duke or marquess or earl or viscount or baron.
社会的第二等级；公爵、侯爵、伯爵、子爵、男爵等级的贵族（尤指英国贵族）。
It was all so gentlemanly really, as if competition was governed, like boxing, by a code of generally accepted Marquess of Queensberry rules.
看似颇有君子之风，就好像大家都在监督之下公平竞争，就像拳击赛一样，人人都要按规则出招。
A Chateau built by a French marquess in the seventeenth century.
一位法国侯爵于17世纪建造的城堡。
The rules that govern boxing were introduced by the Marquess of Queensberry in1867.
现行的拳击规则是昆斯伯里侯爵于1867年提出的。