custodian

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n. 管理人, 保管人, 监护人 [经] 保管人, 管理人

发音

其它 /kəˈstoʊdiən/

词形变化

custodians 复数 custodians

教材释义与例句

名词

管理人；监护人；保管人

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A person entrusted with the custody or care of something or someone; a caretaker or keeper.

    监护人

    After their parents' death, their aunt became the children's custodian.

    The building's custodian could fix nearly anything. The place always looked great!

  2. 2.

    An administrator.

  3. 3.

    A gaolkeeper.

  4. 4.

    A protector or guard.

  5. 5.

    A janitor; a cleaner.

    加拿大 美国

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

keeper steward

上位词 4

guardian protector defender shielder

下位词 10

janitor caretaker curator gamekeeper zookeeper conservator game warden greenskeeper house sitter lighthouse keeper

词源

From a shortening of Latin custōdiānātus, from Latin custōdia (“a keeping, watch, guard, prison”), from custōs (“a keeper, watchman, guard”). By surface analysis, custody + -ian.

来源：wiktionary