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单词
maven
释义
maven
ma‧ven
/
ˈmeɪv
ə
n
/
noun
[countable]
Word Origin
WORD ORIGIN
maven
Origin:
1900-2000
Yiddish
meyvn
, from
Hebrew
l'havin
‘to understand’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
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
►
food/fashion/sports etc maven
A food maven could also be called a gourmet.
American English
someone who knows a lot about a particular subject
food/fashion/sports etc maven
A food maven could also be called a gourmet.
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