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- a person who is qualified to treat people who are ill医生; 大夫。
1.1
- N. Amer. a qualified dentist or veterinary surgeon〈北美〉牙医; 兽医。
1.2
- (in southern Africa) a person practising traditional African healing arts（南非）以传统医术治病的医生。
1.3
- with modifier informal a person who gives advice or makes improvements〈非正式〉建议者; 改进者：
the script doctor rewrote the original.
改编者改写了原著。
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Doctor
a person who holds the highest university degree博士：he was made a Doctor of Divinity.
他成了神学博士。
2.1
- short for DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH.DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH的简称。
2.2
- archaic a teacher or learned person〈古〉教师; 博学的人：
the wisest doctor is gravelled by the inquisitiveness of a child.
最智慧的大师也会被孩童的追根问底所难倒。
3
- an artificial fishing fly（钓鱼用的）人造蝇。
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- Austral./NZ informal a cook on board a ship or in a camp or station〈澳/新西兰, 非正式〉船上（或营地、驻扎地）的厨师。
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- with modifier a cool onshore breeze that blows regularly in a particular warm location（热带地区的）凉爽海风：
the Perth doctor blows towards evening off the Indian Ocean.
从印度洋吹来的珀斯风一直刮到晚上。参见CAPE DOCTOR.
with obj.
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- change the content or appearance of (a document or picture) in order to deceive; falsify篡改（文件, 照片）; 伪造：
the reports could have been doctored.
这些报告可能是伪造的。
1.1
- alter the content of (a drink, food, or substance) by adding strong or harmful ingredients在（饮料、食物等）中加入浓烈（或有害）的成分：
he denied doctoring Stephen's drinks.
他否认在斯蒂芬的饮料里加了东西。
1.2
- Cricket & Baseball tamper with (a ball) so as to affect its flight when bowled or pitched【板球, 棒球】干扰（球）。
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- usu. as noun doctoring informal treat (someone) medically〈非正式〉给（某人）看病：
he contemplated giving up doctoring.
他思忖着放弃行医。
2.1
- （常作be doctored）Brit. remove the sexual organs of (an animal) so that it cannot reproduce〈英〉阉割（动物）。
2.2
- （一般作be doctored）repair (a machine)修理（机器）。
短语
be (just) what the doctor ordered
- informal be very beneficial or desirable under the circumstances〈非正式〉有利的, 如意的：
a 2-0 victory is just what the doctor ordered.
2比0的胜利令人满意。
go for the doctor
- Austral. informal make an all-out effort〈澳, 非正式〉尽最大努力：
he will go for the doctor in Parliament next week.
下周在国会他会尽全力争取的。
派生词
doctorly
adjective词源
Middle English （in the senses 'learned person' and 'Doctor of the Church'）： via Old French from Latin doctor 'teacher' （from docere 'teach'）.