- heir (to something) | heir (of somebody)
a person who has the legal right to receive somebody’s property, money or title when that person dies 繼承人；後嗣 to be heir to a large fortune 是大筆財産的繼承人 the heir to the throne (= the person who will be the next king or queen) 王位繼承人 the son and heir of the Earl of Lancaster 蘭卡斯特伯爵的兒子和繼承人
Homophones air | heirair heir- air noun
I kicked the ball high into the air. 我把球高高地踢到空中。
- air verb
I opened the window to air the room. 我打開窗戶給房間通通風。
- heir noun
He left most of his property to his eldest son and heir. 他把大部份財産留給了長子。
Extra ExamplesTopics Family and relationshipsc1, Moneyc1At the age of twenty he fell heir to a large estate. 他 20 歲時繼承了一大筆財産。 He has no heir to leave his fortune to. 他沒有子嗣繼承他的財産。 He left most of his property to his eldest son and heir. 他把大部份財産留給了長子。 He planned to marry and produce an heir for his estate. 他計劃結婚並爲自己的財産生一名繼承人。 On his brother's death he became heir apparent to the title. 他哥哥一死，他就成了這個爵位的當然繼承人。 On his deathbed he named his second son as his heir. 他在臨終時指定自己的二兒子爲繼承人。 When the Earl of Surrey died in 1347 he left no direct heir. 薩裏伯爵 1347 年去世時沒有子嗣。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- legal
- legitimate
- rightful
- …
- have
- beget
- produce
- …
- heir to
- the heir to the throne
- somebody’s son and heir
a person who is thought to continue the work or a tradition started by somebody else （工作或傳統的）繼承者，承襲者，傳人 the president’s political heirs 總統的政治繼承者
Extra ExamplesThe socialists saw themselves as true heirs of the Enlightenment. 社會主義者認爲自己是啓蒙運動的真正繼承者。 The house was her spiritual home for which she sought a spiritual heir. 這所房子是她的精神家園，她要爲它尋找一個精神繼承人。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- legal
- legitimate
- rightful
- …
- have
- beget
- produce
- …
- heir to
- the heir to the throne
- somebody’s son and heir
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Word OriginMiddle English: via Old French from Latin heres.