Doyen



GRE 蓝宝

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.老资格
• ［类］ eccentric : conventional / doyen : uninitiated ( 古怪的人不会是传统的 / 老资格人不会是初学的)
• ????a. the senior member of a body or group
• ????b. a person considered to be knowledgeable or uniquely skilled as a result of long experience in some field of endeavor

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: French, from Old French deien, from Late Latin decanus dean — more at dean
• Date: 1670
• 1.
  • a. the senior member of a body or group
  • b. a person considered to be knowledgeable or uniquely skilled as a result of long experience in some field of endeavor
• 2. the oldest example of a category

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