dean

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
发音 dēn

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A senior official in a college or university, who may be in charge of a division or faculty (for example, the dean of science) or have some other advisory or disciplinary function (for example, the dean of students).
    — Lucretius versus the Lake Poets ' Nature I loved ; and next to Nature , Art . ' Dean , adult education may seem silly . What of it though ? I got some willy - nilly The other evening at your college deanery . And grateful for it ( Let's not be facetious!)[…]
  2. A hill.
  3. Alternative form of dene. Northumbria,alt-of,alternative
  4. A dignitary or presiding officer in certain church bodies, especially an ecclesiastical dignitary, subordinate to a bishop, in charge of a chapter of canons.
  5. The senior member of some group of people.
    — dean of the diplomatic corps - a country's most senior ambassador
动词 v.
  1. To serve as a dean. intransitive,rare
  2. To send (a student) to see the dean of a college or university. informal,transitive

词形变化

deans plural deans present,singular,third-person deaning participle,present deaned participle,past deaned past deans plural deans plural

词汇关系

衍生词
archdean dean and chapter deanery deaness Dean of the Arches deanship rural dean subdean undean
相关词
decanal doyen

词源

词源 1
From Middle English den, deen (“dean”), from Anglo-Norman deen and continental Old French deien (modern French doyen), from Latin decānus. Doublet of doyen.
词源 2
Related to den.
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