honcho

FREQ #35858

n. 老板

发音

US /ˈhɑn.t͡ʃoʊ/
其它
UK /ˈhɒn.tʃəʊ/

词形变化

honchoes honchos 复数 honchos honchoes 复数 honchoed honchoing honchos 三单 honchoing 现在分词 honchoed 过去式 honchoed 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Boss, leader.

    非正式
v.
  1. 1.

    To lead or manage.

    加拿大 美国 非正式 及物

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词源

From Japanese 班(はん)長(ちょう) (hanchō, “squad leader”), from 19th c. Mandarin 班長 /班长 (bānzhǎng, “team leader”). Probably entered English during World War II: many apocryphal stories describe American soldiers hearing Japanese prisoners-of-war refer to their lieutenants as hanchō.

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