appanage

英['æpənɪdʒ] 美['æpənɪdʒ]
  • 的封地
  • appalachia n.阿帕拉契(美国东部包括阿巴拉契亚山脉在内的地区)
  • appall v.使...胆寒;使...惊骇
  • appalling adj.令人震惊的;可怕的动词appall的现在分词形式.
  • appallingly 毛骨悚然地
  • appaloosa n.阿巴鲁萨马(北美西部骑用马)
Noun:
  1. any customary and rightful perquisite appropriate to your station in life;

    "for thousands of years the chair was an appanage of state and dignity rather than an article of ordinary use"

  2. a grant (by a sovereign or a legislative body) of resources to maintain a dependent member of a ruling family;

    "bishoprics were received as appanages for the younger sons of great families"