dean
noun /diːn/
/diːn/
- (in the Anglican Church
) a priest of high rank who is in charge of the other priests in a cathedral圣公会 Topics Religion and festivalsc2座堂主任牧师 - (also rural dean)(British English) a priest who is in charge of the priests of several churches in an area
(乡间主管若干教堂牧师的)主任牧师 - a person in a university who is in charge of a department of studies
(大学的)学院院长,系主任 - the dean of the Faculty of Medicine
医学院的院长 - He was appointed dean of the faculty of theology at London University.
他被任命为伦敦大学神学院的院长。
- the dean of the Faculty of Medicine
- (in a college or university, especially at or Cambridge) a person who is responsible for the discipline of students
(大学,尤指牛津、剑桥大学的)学监 - (North American English) (also doyen British and North American English)the most respected or most experienced member of a group or profession
(某团体或职业中的)老前辈,资格最老者,元老
词源Middle English: from Old French deien, from late Latin decanus ‘chief of a group of ten’, from decem ‘ten’. Compare with doyen.