1
- a leader or ruler of a people or clan（民族, 部落）首领; 酋长：
the chief of the village
村长
a Masai chief
马萨伊人酋长
as title Chief Banawi.巴纳威酋长。
1.1
- the person with the highest rank in an organization（机构）最高长官：
a union chief
工会主席
the chief of police.
警察局局长。
1.2
- an informal form of address to a man, especially one of superior rank or status to the speaker〈非正式〉长官; 老板; 头儿：
it's quite simple, chief.
这很简单, 头儿。
2
- Heraldry an ordinary consisting of a broad horizontal band across the top of the shield【纹章】上段（盾徽顶部的宽横带）。
2.1
- the upper third of the field（底的）主带。
1
- most important主要的, 首要的：
the chief reason for the spending cuts
削减开支的主要理由
chief among her concerns is working alone at night.
她最担忧的是晚上要独自工作。
1.1
- having or denoting the highest rank or authority（官位, 职权）首席的, 主任的：
the Queen's chief minister.
女王的首相。
短语
chief cook and bottle-washer
- informal a person who performs a variety of important but routine tasks〈非正式〉做多种重要日常工作的人, 身兼巨细的人。
in chief
- Heraldry at the top; in the upper part.【纹章】在顶部; 在上部。参见-IN-CHIEF.
too many chiefs and not enough Indians
- used to describe a situation where there are too many people giving orders and not enough people to carry them out酋长太多, 族人太少; 官多兵少。
派生词
chiefdom
noun词源
Middle English: from Old French chief, chef, based on Latin caput 'head'.