doyen
美['dɔɪən]
- n. 首席；老资格；老前辈
- n. (Doyen)人名；(法)杜瓦扬
词态变化
复数: doyens;
中文词源
doyen 元老
来自dean的拼写变体，引申词义元老。
英英释意
- 1. a man who is the senior member of a group;
- "he is the dean of foreign correspondents"
英文词源
- doyen
- early 15c., from Middle French doyen "commander of ten," from Old French deien (see dean).
实用场景例句
- Arthur C Clarke is the doyen of science-fiction writers.
- 阿瑟·C. 克拉克是科幻小说作家中的老前辈。
牛津词典
- ...the doyen of political interviewers.
- 资深的政治采访记者
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