sheriff: [OE] A sheriff is etymologically a ‘shirereeve’ – that is, a ‘county official’. The term was compounded in the Old English period from scīr, ancestor of modern English shire, and gerēfa ‘local official’, a word based on *rōf ‘assembly’ which survives as the historical term reeve. It was used for the ‘monarch’s representative in a county’. => reeve, shire
sheriff (n.)
late Old English scirgerefa "representative of royal authority in a shire," from scir (see shire) + gerefa "chief, official, reeve" (see reeve). As an American county official, attested from 1660s; sheriff's sale first recorded 1798. Sheriff's tooth (late 14c.) was a common name for the annual tax levied to pay for the sheriff's victuals during court sessions.
实用例句
1. "It's from a notebook," the sheriff said, "And there's writing on it."
“这是在一个笔记本里找到的，”法官道，“上面还有文字。”
来自柯林斯例句
2. Oh, is it? … said the sheriff with a sneer.
“噢, 是 吗 ?”司法官冷笑着说.
来自《用法词典》
3. He was appointed Sheriff of New York.
他被任命为纽约司法长官.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. Sheriff has been pushed at least to 2006.
Sheriff一直在被推行至少到2006.
来自互联网
5. As a matter of routine, the sheriff's office there had been notified of the change of address.
