| 单词 | dean |
| 释义 | dean dean1 —deanship, n. /deen/, n. 1. Educ. a. the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college: the dean of admissions. b. an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline: the dean of men. c. the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university. 2. Eccles. a. the head of the chapter of a cathedral or a collegiate church. b. Also called vicar forane. a priest in the Roman Catholic Church appointed by a bishop to take care of the affairs of a division of a diocese. 3. the senior member, in length of service, of any group, organization, profession, etc.: the dean of lexicographers. [1300-50; ME deen < AF deen, dean, OF deien < LL decanus chief of ten, equiv. to L dec(em) ten + -anus -AN] dean2 /deen/, n. Brit. dene. |
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