| 单词 | duennaship |
| 释义 | > as lemmasduˈennaship duˈennaship n. rare the position or role of a duenna; supervision or guardianship (like that) provided by a duenna. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [noun] > chaperonage duennaship1809 chaperoning1822 chaperonage1857 1809 C. Jarvis tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote (new ed.) II. xxxi. 256 Mistress Gonzalez, or, what is your duennaship's name? 1884 H. Hunter & W. Whyte My Ducats (1885) xi. 154 Camilla's aunt..regulated Mr. Arden's household affairs, and exercised a shadowy duennaship over his daughter. 1951 H. Calisher In Absence of Angels 89 The serene, guided faces of children I had seen walking securely under the restful duennaship of nuns. < as lemmas |
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