fes

IPA/ˌɔː.təʊ.dəˈfeɪ/
IPA/ˌɑː.t̬oʊ.dəˈfeɪ/

fes — noun

  • fessingular
  • fesesplural

1. a public ceremony held by the Spanish or Portuguese Inquisition in earlier centu

1.名詞C2
釋義

a public ceremony held by the Spanish or Portuguese Inquisition in earlier centuries, at which a person found guilty of holding beliefs against the official religion of the country was formally announced as a heretic and then executed, typically by being burned at the stake

例句

The history professor explained that fes drew enormous crowds of onlookers across Spain.

plural noun: fes + drew (plural verb)

Isabela found an old manuscript about the last fes held in Seville.

collocation: hold fes

同義詞
  • auto-da-fé

    the full Portuguese phrase from which 'fes' is extracted; more common in English historical writing

  • burning at the stake

    describes the execution method specifically, not the full ceremony

文法句型

fes + plural verb

用法筆記

In modern English, this word is almost always used in the plural form 'fes' or as part of the set phrase 'auto-da-fé'. It appears mainly in historical writing about the Spanish and Portuguese Inquisitions.

常見錯誤

❌The Inquisition held an auto-fes last Tuesday.
✅The Inquisition held an auto-da-fé in the town square.
💡In formal historical writing, the full term 'auto-da-fé' is preferred for a single ceremony rather than 'a fes'. Although 'fes' occasionally appears as a countable noun (e.g. 'a painting of a fes'), it is much more commonly treated as a plural form in academic English.

2. a historic city in north central Morocco, known as one of the country's oldest i

2.名詞B2
釋義

a historic city in north central Morocco, known as one of the country's oldest imperial cities and famous for its ancient walled medina, traditional leather tanneries, and the University of al-Qarawiyyin, one of the oldest universities in the world

例句

Kenji spent three days wandering through the narrow streets of the medina in Fes.

preposition: in Fes

The leather tanneries of Fes have produced hand-dyed goods for centuries.

文法句型

the city of Fes | in Fes | from Fes

用法筆記

When referring to the city, 'Fes' is normally treated as a singular proper noun. The spelling 'Fez' is also common in English. The conventional Chinese name is 非斯 (Fēisī).