doyen

n. 老资格, 首席, 老前辈 [法] 领袖, 首席

发音

其它 /ˈdɔɪ.ən/
其它 /ˈdɔɪ.ən/

词形变化

doyens 复数 doyens

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A commander in charge of ten men.

    废旧
  2. 2.

    The senior, or eldest male member of a group.

    老资格

    元老

  3. 3.

    A leading light, or exemplar of a particular practice or movement.

    非正式

    2008 July 3, Amanda Schaffer, “The Sex Difference Evangelists”, part 3: “Mars, Venus, Babies, and Hormones”, in Slate, In an interview, even Simon Baron-Cohen, another doyen of sex-difference claims, offered up some caution.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

dean

上位词 2

senior elder

词源

Borrowed from French doyen, from Late Latin decānus, from Latin decem. Compare the doublet dean.

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