• n. （法）侯爵；世襲貴族（等于marquess）

來自marquess,來自古法語marchis,邊境管理者，封疆大吏，來自拉丁語marca,邊界，國界線，詞源同mark,margin.后僅作為一種貴族稱號。

marquis

marquis: [14] Etymologically, a marquis is a lord of the ‘marches’ or borderlands. The word comes from Old French marquis, an alteration of an earlier marchis. This was a derivative of medieval Latin marca ‘border, frontier’, source of archaic English march ‘border’. The feminine form marchioness [16] comes from medieval Latin marchionissa, a derivative of marchiō ‘lord of the marches’, which likewise was based on marca.

The French feminine form of marquis is marquise. This was borrowed into English in the 17th century and used for a ‘large tent’. It soon came to be misanalysed as a plural form, and so a new ‘singular’, marquee, was born.
=> march, mark, marquee

marquis (n.)

also marquess, c. 1300, title of nobility, from Old French marchis, literally "ruler of a border area," from Old French marche "frontier," from Medieval Latin marca "frontier, frontier territory" (see march (n.1)). Originally the ruler of border territories in various European regions (such as Italian marchese, Spanish marqués); later a mere title of rank, below duke and above count. Related: Marquisate.

1. That might not be so long as the Marquis supposed.

房頂未必能如侯爵設想的那么長久地遮擋住天空.

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2. 'You have been a long time coming ,'said the Marquis, with a smile.

“ 花了重多時間哩, ”侯爵微笑說.

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3. 'You are a philosopher, you there,'said the Marquis, smiling.

“ 你倒是個哲學家, 你, ” 侯爵微笑說.

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4. 'I am cool now,'said Monsieur the Marquis,'and may go to bed.'

“ 現在涼快了, ”侯爵大人說, “ 可以睡覺了.”

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5. That was done too, and the Marquis went on with his supper.

百葉窗關上了,侯爵繼續吃晚飯.

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