释义 |
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024res•i•dent /ˈrɛzɪdənt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a person who lives in a place:living as a foreign resident in the Czech Republic.
- a physician working in a hospital while receiving specialized training there.
adj. [before a noun] - residing;
dwelling in a place:a resident alien in Canada. - living or staying at a place as part of one's official duty.
- (of qualities or abilities) existing as if attached to a situation or place:[before a noun]She is the resident expert in computers.
- Computing(of a computer program) currently active, standing by, or available in computer memory:Your printer program is now resident.
See -sid-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024res•i•dent (rez′i dənt),USA pronunciation n. - a person who resides in a place.
- a physician who joins the medical staff of a hospital as a salaried employee for a specified period to gain advanced training usually in a particular field, being in full-time attendance at the hospital and often living on the premises.
- Governmenta diplomatic representative, inferior in rank to an ambassador, residing at a foreign court.
- World History(formerly) a representative of the British governor general at a native court in India.
- World History(formerly) the governor of a residency in the Dutch East Indies.
adj. - residing;
dwelling in a place. - living or staying at a place in discharge of duty.
- (of qualities) existing;
intrinsic. - (of birds) not migratory.
- Computing
- encoded and permanently available to a computer user, as a font in a printer's ROM or software on a CD-ROM.
- (of a computer program) currently active or standing by in computer memory.
- Latin resident- (stem of residēns), present participle of residēre to reside; see -ent
- Middle English 1350–1400
res′i•dent•ship′, n. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: resident /ˈrɛzɪdənt/ n - a person who resides in a place
- (esp formerly) a representative of the British government in a British protectorate
- (in India, formerly) a representative of the British governor general at the court of a native prince
- a bird or other animal that does not migrate
- US Canadian a physician who lives in the hospital where he or she works while undergoing specialist training after completing his or her internship
- Brit NZ a junior doctor, esp a house officer, who lives in the hospital in which he or she works
adj - living in a place; residing
- living or staying at a place in order to discharge a duty, etc
- (of qualities, characteristics, etc) existing or inherent (in)
- (of birds and other animals) not in the habit of migrating
ˈresidentˌship n |