warden

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈwɔːdən/    美 /ˈwɔɹdən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A guard or watchman. archaic,literary
    — He called to the wardens on the outside battlements.
  2. A variety of pear.
    — Faith I would have had him rosted like a warden in a brown Paper, and no more talk on’t:
  3. A chief administrative officer of a prison.
    — The warden of the state prison, Ezekiel Purdy, was a kind man if stern. He invariably made all newcomers a little speech of welcome […]
  4. An official charged with supervisory duties or with the enforcement of specific laws or regulations; such as a game warden or air-raid warden.
  5. A governing official in various institutions
    — the warden of a college
动词 v.
  1. To carry out the duties of a warden.

词形变化

wardens plural wardens present,singular,third-person wardening participle,present wardened participle,past wardened past wardens plural

词汇关系

衍生词
air-raid warden air warden chapelwarden churchwarden dog warden firewarden fire warden fish warden game warden mint warden parking warden people's warden subwarden traffic warden wardeness Warden Hill Warden Law wardenless warden of the mint wardenry wardenship warden system waywarden

词源

词源 1
From Middle English wardein, from Anglo-Norman wardein, from warder (“to guard”), variant of Old French guarder (“to guard”) (whence modern French garder, also English guard), from Proto-Germanic *ward-; related to Old High German wartēn (“to watch”). Compare guardian, French gardien, from Old French guardian, guardein. Compare also ward and reward. Doublet of guardian.
词源 2
From Middle English wardon, origin uncertain; perhaps from Anglo-Norman or Anglo-Latin wardo, -ōnis.
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