big cheese

短语

名人,要人,大亨,大人物

发音

AU

词形变化

big cheeses 复数 big cheeses

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A very important figure, especially a high-ranking person in an organization.

    大人物

    要人

    权势之人

    大腕儿

    头面人物

    龙头老大

    过时 习语

    He’ll be meeting with the big cheese first thing tomorrow, to present his proposal.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 7

big-shot big deal big fish big enchilada big gun big wheel head honcho

上位词 2

personage important person

下位词 2

knocker supremo

词源

From big + cheese (“wealth, fame, importance”). Earliest use to mean importance from 1910.

来源：wiktionary