bigwig

FREQ #36672

n. 要人, 大亨

发音

其它 /ˈbɪɡ.wɪɡ/

词形变化

bigwigs 复数 bigwigs

别名

big-wig big wig

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A person of importance in a group or organization.

    非正式

    The company bigwig is gathering his staff together for a meeting today.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

kingpin top banana

上位词 2

personage important person

词源

First arose in the 1730s, from big + wig. Formerly, English men of authority wore wigs. Bigwig plays on the idea that higher authority is denoted by a larger wig.

来源：wiktionary