A countess is a woman of the same high rank as an earl (in Britain) or a count (in much of Europe). She may hold the title herself, which is rarer, or she may be the wife of that man — and in Britain, the wife of an earl is called a countess, because English has no everyday word 'earless'.

A countess is a woman of the same high rank as an earl (in Britain) or a count (in much of Europe).Countess女伯爵是跟Britain英國的earl伯爵，或歐洲大部分地方的count伯爵地位相同的高階女性頭銜。She may hold the title herself, which is rarer,她可能自己擁有這個頭銜，這種情況比較少見，or she may be the wife of that man或者她是那位男性的妻子——— and in Britain, the wife of an earl is called a countess,在英國，earl的妻子就叫countess，because English has no everyday word 'earless'.因為英文沒有「earless」這種日常用詞。

It is a title word, a little storybook, a little news-about-palaces. You would not use it for a rich woman with no title.

It is a title word, a little storybook, a little news-about-palaces.這是個頭銜用詞，有點童話感，也有點皇室新聞的味道。You would not use it for a rich woman with no title.你不會拿它來稱呼一個有錢但沒有頭銜的女人。

Though actually students often hear count and think of numbers; this count is the nobleman, a different word that only looks the same. Older books love countesses; young people mostly meet them in films and history class.

Though actually students often hear count and think of numbers;不過其實，學生常常聽到count就想到「數數」；this count is the nobleman, a different word that only looks the same.這個count指的是貴族，是另一個只是拼法剛好一樣的字。Older books love countesses;老書裡很愛出現countess；young people mostly meet them in films and history class.年輕人大多是在電影和歷史課裡遇到她們。