landlord
英 ['lændlɔːd] 美 ['lændlɔːrd]
n.地主；房东
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◉Usage Examples
(1) The farmhands gave the landlord a sound beating.
(2) Her husband was driven to death by the landlord .
(3) I owe the landlord one hundred dollars.
(4) The council brought pressure to bear on the landlord to improve his property.
(1) 雇工们把这地主痛打了一顿。
(2) 她丈夫就是被地主逼死的。
(3) 我欠房东一百美元。
(4) 市政会向房主施加了压力，促使其改善房子的居住条件。
◉Usage notes
If you lease an apartment, the person to whom you pay rent is your landlord . A landlord owns a house, building, or property and rents it out to other people.
Many people have landlords they call when their drains are clogged and mail their rent checks to on the first of each month. Business owners often have landlords too, who own their retail or office spaces. Men and women can both be landlords, although you can also call a female landlord a landlady. The concept of a landlord goes back to feudalism — the lord part comes from "Lord of the Manor."
◉Collins
1. [N-COUNT 可数名词]（男）房东 Someone's landlord is the man who allows them to live or work in a building which he owns, in return for rent.
His landlord doubled the rent.
他的房东把租金提高了一倍。
2. [N-COUNT 可数名词]（酒吧的）店主，老板 The landlord of a pub is the man who owns or runs it, or the husband of the woman who owns or runs it. [mainly BRIT 主英]
The landlord refused to serve him because he considered him too drunk.
酒吧老板觉得他已经喝多了，拒绝再给他添酒。
3. [N-COUNT 可数名词]（家庭旅馆或客栈的）店主 A landlord is the man who owns or runs a boarding house or inn. [AM；also BRIT 美；亦英] [OLD-FASHIONED 过时]