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chaperone/ˈʃæpərəʊn/ n. & v. (also 亦作 chaperon)●n. 1 a person, esp. an older woman, who ensures propriety by accompanying a young unmarried woman on social occasions (尤指在社交场所陪伴青年未婚女子的)年长女伴 2 a person who takes charge of esp. young people in publilic (尤指青年社交集会时的)行为监护人 ●v. tr. act as a chaperone to 当女伴，做行为监护人 □ chaperonage /ˈʃæp(ə)r(ə)nidʒ/ n.[French, fem. of chaperon ‘hood’ (regarded as giving protection), diminutive of chape ‘cope’: see CHAPE] |