sire
noun /ˈsaɪə(r)/
/ˈsaɪər/
- (specialist) the male parent of an animal, especially a horse
compare dam雄性种畜;(尤指)公种马 - (old use) a word that people used when they addressed a king
(旧时对国王的称呼)陛下
词源Middle English (in sense (2) of the noun): from Old French, from an alteration of Latin senior ‘older, older man’, comparative of senex, sen- ‘old man, old’. Sense (1) of the noun dates from the early 16th cent.