cess
cess1
[sɛs]
(亦作 sess)
noun
cess2
[sɛs]
noun
[sɛs]
(亦作 sess)
noun
- (in Scotland, Ireland, and India) a tax or levy
（苏格兰，爱尔兰，印度） 税；税款
- late 15th cent. (denoting the obligation placed on the Irish to supply the Lord Deputy's household and garrison with provisions at prices ‘assessed’ by the government): shortened from the obsolete noun assess 'assessment'
cess2
[sɛs]
noun
- (用于短语bad cess to)(chiefly Irish)a curse on
(主爱尔兰)倒霉
bad cess to the day I joined that band!.
我加入乐队的那天可真倒霉！。
- mid 19th cent. (originally Anglo-Irish): perhaps from cess
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