| 释义 |
dean1/di:n/n. 1a the head of the chapter of a cathedral or collegiate church 枢机主教长；大教堂的祭司长；教堂的执事长 b (usu. 通常作 rural dean) Brit. a member of the clergy exercising supervision over a group of parochial clergy within a division of an archdeaconry [英]乡村主任牧师；地方执事(拥有教区分区的管辖权) 2a a college or university official, esp. one of several fellows of a college, with disciplinary and advisory functions (大学的)学院院长 b the head of a university faculty or department or of a medical school 教务长；系主任；医学院院长 3 = DOYEN[Middle English via Anglo-French deen, Old French deien from Late Latin decanus, from decem ‘ten’; originally = chief of a group of ten] |