honcho

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈhɒn.tʃəʊ/    美 /ˈhɑn.t͡ʃoʊ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Boss, leader. informal
    — Says they had no choice. Says the NVA killed the old honcho when he said no. Now he says all the rice is theirs.
动词 v.
  1. To lead or manage. Canada,US,informal,transitive
    — I had never honchoed that many people so even something as simple as ordering them to knead dough or fondant became an important decision.

词形变化

honchos plural honchoes plural honchos present,singular,third-person honchoing participle,present honchoed participle,past honchoed past

词源

词源 1
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.
词源 2
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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