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单词 conductor
释义
conductor
(kəndʌktəʳ )
Word forms: conductors
1. countable noun B2
A conductor is a person who stands in front of an orchestra or choir and directs its performance.
2. countable noun
On a bus, the conductor is the person whose job is to help passengers and check tickets.
3. countable noun
On a train, a conductor is a person whose job is to travel on the train in order to help passengers and check tickets. [US]
regional note:   in BRIT, use guard
4. countable noun
A conductor is a substance that heat or electricity can pass through or along.
5.  See also lightning conductor, semiconductor
Image of conductor
Collocations:
conductor of electricity
It has been billed as a 'miracle material' that could revolutionise computing and speed up the internet because of its qualities as a super efficient conductor of electricity.
Times, Sunday Times
Usually the patient's saliva or toothpaste suffices as a conductor of electricity.
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The gas gets ionized after passage of electric current through it and it becomes a conductor of electricity.
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Sure enough, both gold and silver are unusually good as conductors of electricity; gold, moreover, has the feature of being chemically inert and, hence, non-tarnishing.
The Times Literary Supplement
They are all excellent conductors of electricity.
The Times Literary Supplement
electrical conductor
Like the screen on a smartphone, the system uses capacitive technology to detect the presence of an electrical conductor; in this case, the driver's hand.
Times, Sunday Times
Without water in the air, the atmosphere becomes a very poor electrical conductor, and so charges build up.
Times, Sunday Times
Health and safety investigators will examine whether damp grass acted as an electrical conductor after the casing on the cable was split.
Times, Sunday Times
A good electrical conductor, such as copper, also conducts heat well.
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Each high voltage cable creates an electric field around itself, in the same way as any live electrical conductor.
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guest conductor
The orchestra's trumpeted principal guest conductor has talent in plenty, but its effect can be contradictory in performances of the central classical repertoire.
Times, Sunday Times
An evening performance was jeopardised by the non-appearance of a guest conductor.
Times, Sunday Times
This year's programme was partly a tribute to the orchestra's veteran guest conductor.
Times, Sunday Times
After leaving the position of music director, he was a constant presence as a guest conductor.
Times, Sunday Times
His evening concert with the orchestra of which he was principal guest conductor from 1985 to 1988 was an exhilarating display of compositional immaculateness.
Times, Sunday Times
orchestra conductor
The orchestra conductor has one advantage in that he has professional critics who tell him how well he has done.
Christianity Today
I see my role as an orchestra conductor or a soccer coach.
Times,Sunday Times
His hands move as talks, somewhat like an orchestra conductor.
Times, Sunday Times
He used his arms as though he were an orchestra conductor.
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Nebel compared his endeavors with those of an orchestra conductor who rehearses a score with an orchestra.
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symphony conductor
Let me offer a new model: the symphony conductor.
Christianity Today
He continued to distinguish himself as a concert violinist, and then as a symphony conductor.
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Some symphony conductors have been forced out because they spent more money than was in the budget.
Christianity Today
Some vocal coaches, for example, are rehearsal pianists with decades of experience accompanying singers, or former or current choral, music theater, or symphony conductors.
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train conductor
I couldn't believe a train conductor was acting this way.
The Sun
At every turn the train conductor thanked people for their understanding.
Times, Sunday Times
He was a freight train conductor but could not work.
The Sun
The train conductor was severely injured, with 15 passengers less seriously hurt.
Times, Sunday Times
The first involves doing the same job at a higher level, such as a senior train conductor, senior house doctor or senior lecturer.
Times, Sunday Times
Translations:
Chinese: 乐队指挥
Japanese: 指揮者
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