单词 | maven |
释义 | maven From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmavenma‧ven /ˈmeɪvən/ noun [countable]American EnglishINTELLIGENT someone who knows a lot about a particular subjectfood/fashion/sports etc maven A food maven could also be called a gourmet.Examples from the Corpusmaven• Thus, the cash registers, not fashion mavens, choose the hues of the season.• Recipes will be judged on originality and compatibility with the wine by a panel of chefs and Bay Area food mavens.• What do film industry mavens make of this situation?• 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.• Brown tapped veteran social maven Charlotte Mailliard Swig to her former post as protocol chief.food/fashion/sports etc maven• Recipes will be judged on originality and compatibility with the wine by a panel of chefs and Bay Area food mavens.• Thus, the cash registers, not fashion mavens, choose the hues of the season.From Longman Business Dictionarymavenma‧ven /ˈmeɪvən/ noun [countable] American English someone who knows a lot about a particular subjectSYNEXPERTStockmarket mavens say such a pattern usually signals more gains ahead.Origin maven (1900-2000) Yiddish meyvn, from Hebrew l'havin “to understand” |
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