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单词 maven
释义
mavenma‧ven /ˈmeɪvən/ noun [countable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINmaven
Origin:
1900-2000 Yiddish meyvn, from Hebrew l'havin ‘to understand’
Examples
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  • Brown tapped veteran social maven Charlotte Mailliard Swig to her former post as protocol chief.
  • But now, with more-affordable computer equipment and software available, any would-be market maven can analyze a universe of stocks.
  • Media mavens contend that the visual comparison of the two men side by side is half the battle.
  • Recipes will be judged on originality and compatibility with the wine by a panel of chefs and Bay Area food mavens.
  • The most free-spending hired guns are all well-known by political mavens inside the Beltway.
  • Thus, the cash registers, not fashion mavens, choose the hues of the season.
  • What do film industry mavens make of this situation?
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
 A food maven could also be called a gourmet.
American English someone who knows a lot about a particular subjectfood/fashion/sports etc maven A food maven could also be called a gourmet.
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