estate
n
1 [C] area of land, esp in the country, with one owner 地產; (尤指)莊園
He owns a large estate in Scotland. 他在蘇格蘭有大量地產.
2 [C] (esp Brit) large area of land developed for a specific purpose, eg for houses or factories 作某種用途的地區(如興建房屋或工廠)
a housing/a trading/an industrial estate 住宅區[商業區/工業區].
3 [U, C] (law 律) all the money and property that a person owns, esp that which is left at death 個人財產; (尤指)遺產
Her estate was divided between her four children. 她的遺產分給了她的四個子女.
4 [C] (dated fml 舊, 文) political or social group or class 政治的或社會的集團或等級
the three Estates of the Realm, ie (in Britain) the bishops, the lords and the common people (歐洲封建時代的)三個等級(在英國為僧侶、 貴族和平民).
5 [sing] (dated fml 舊, 文) condition; stage in life 狀況; 生活階段
the holy estate of matrimony 已婚狀況.