• adj. 封建制度的；领地的；世仇的

来自PIE*peku, 牛。引申词义耕作，耕种，指有土地所有权的国王或庄园领主把土地封给其臣民或臣子进行耕作，以臣民或臣子上交一定的地租或提供劳务服务做为交换，类似于中国古代的分封制。该词与feud没有任何词源联系。比较其同源词fee, pecuniary.

feudal

feudal: see fee

feudal (adj.)

1610s, "pertaining to feuds," estates of land granted by a superior on condition of services to be rendered to the grantor, from Medieval Latin feudalis, from feudum "feudal estate, land granted to be held as a benefice," of Germanic origin (cognates: Gothic faihu "property," Old High German fihu "cattle;" see fee). Related to Middle English feodary "one who holds lands of an overlord in exchange for service" (late 14c.). Not related to feud.

1. Diplomacy was in his blood: his ancestors had been feudal lords.

他天生擅长交际：他的祖先曾是封建领主。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Feudal rulers ruled over the country several thousand years.

封建统治者统治这个国家几千年.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. The feudal system lasted for two thousand years in China.

封建制度在中国延续了两千年之久.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. Many people look back with nostalgia to feudal times.

许多人留恋不舍地回顾封建时代.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. This historical novel illustrates the breaking up of feudal society in microcosm.

这部历史小说是走向崩溃的封建社会的缩影.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》