extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use;
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例句
1. The tenants of the demesne enjoyed certain privileges. 领地的占有者享有一定的特权。 2. Keats is referring to epic poetry when he mentions Homer's "proud demesne". 当济慈提到荷马的“骄傲的领域”时,他指的是史诗。