| 单词 | superintendent |
| 释义 | superintendent (suːpərɪntendənt ) Word forms: superintendents 1. countable noun & title noun In Britain, a superintendent is a senior police officer of the rank above an inspector. In the United States, a superintendent is the head of a police department. He was stopped at the airport by an assistant superintendent of police. ...Detective Superintendent Kirby. 2. countable noun A superintendent is a person who is responsible for a particular thing or the work done in a particular department. He became superintendent of the bank's East African branches. [+ of] The Superintendent of Public Works gives orders for all watercourses to be inspected. Synonyms: supervisor, director, manager, chief 3. countable noun A superintendent is a person whose job is to look after a large building such as a school or a block of flats and deal with small repairs to it. [US] regional note: in BRIT, use caretaker |
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