mayor

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n. 市长 [法] 市长

发音

UK /ˈmɛə/
UK /ˈmeɪ.ə/
US /ˈmeɪ.əɹ/
US /ˈmɛɚ/

词形变化

mayors 复数 mayors

别名

maiere maieur mar mayere meer mehir meir meire mer mere meyhir meyr maier mayer mayr meyer meyre maiour mair maire mare mayre maior major mawer majer mayour

教材释义与例句

名词

市长

释义与例句

n. B2 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    The chief executive of the municipal government of a city, borough, etc., formerly (historical) usually appointed as a caretaker by European royal courts but now usually appointed or elected locally.

  2. 2.

    Ellipsis of mayor of the palace, the royal stewards of the Frankish Empire.

    历史
  3. 3.

    Synonym of mair, various former officials in the Kingdom of Scotland.

    历史
  4. 4.

    A member of a city council.

    爱尔兰 废旧 罕用
  5. 5.

    A high justice, an important judge.

    历史 废旧
  6. 6.

    A largely ceremonial position in some municipal governments that presides over the city council while a contracted city manager holds actual executive power.

    美国
  7. 7.

    A local VIP, a muckamuck or big shot reckoned to lead some local group.

    比喻 幽默

    In some parts the burlesque civic official was designated ‘Mayor of the Pig Market’.

    The Mayor of Castro Street, that was Harvey's unofficial title.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

city manager

上位词 1

politician

下位词 3

alcalde burgomaster mayoress

相关短语

Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London mayor of the palace Lord Mayor of London Lord Mayor 市长大人 Lords Mayor weak mayor

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂yōs Proto-Italic *magjōs Latin maior Old French mairebor. Middle English maire English mayor From Middle English maire, from Old French maire (“head of a city or town government”), a substantivation of Old French maire (“greater”), from Latin maior (“bigger, greater, superior”), comparative of magnus (“big, great”). Doublet of major. Cognate with Old High German meior (“estate manager, steward, bailiff”) (modern German Meier), Middle Dutch meier (“administrator, steward, bailiff”) (modern Dutch meier). Displaced Old English burgealdor (“a ruler of a city, mayor, citizen”), burhġerēfa (“boroughreeve”), and portġerēfa (“portreeve”).

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