bailiwick
- 英式英标[\'belə,wɪk]
- 美式音标[\'beɪlɪwɪk]
英文词源
- bailiwick (n.)
- "district of a bailiff," early 15c., baillifwik, from bailiff (q.v.) + Middle English form of Old English wic "village" (see wick (n.2)). Figurative sense of "one's natural or proper sphere" is first recorded 1843.