chaperone

FREQ #16460

n. 年长女伴 vt. 伴护

发音

US /ˈʃæ.pəˌɹoʊn/
UK /ˈʃæ.pəˌɹəʊn/

词形变化

chaperones 复数 chaperones chaperoned chaperones 三单 chaperoning chaperoning 现在分词 chaperoned 过去式 chaperoned 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An older person who accompanies other younger people to ensure the propriety of their behaviour, often an older woman accompanying a young woman.

    监护人

  2. 2.

    A protein that assists the non-covalent folding/unfolding and the assembly/disassembly of other macromolecular structures, but does not occur in these structures when the latter are performing their normal biological functions.

    分子伴侣

    化学 生物
  3. 3.

    An employee sent by a British company to the European Union to work with a client there, to circumvent restrictions imposed after Brexit.

    英国 商务
v.
  1. 1.

    To act as a chaperone.

    陪伴

    监护

    起到分子伴侣作用

  2. 2.

    To work as a chaperone.

    英国 商务

词汇关系

词源

See chaperon.

来源:wiktionary