单词 | headmistress |
释义 | headmistress /hedmɪstrəs/ [countable] (bre, old-fashioned) a female teacher who is in charge of a school, especially a private school(尤指私立学校的)女校长◆she wrote to her old headmistress at kingswood school.她给母校金斯伍德中学的校长写了信。note 辨析 head, headmaster, head teacher or headmistress?different schools in britain choose different titles for the teacher in charge of the school. in general, headmaster, and especially headmistress, are becoming less frequent and rather old-fashioned. most schools instead have a head teacher; in more informal contexts and journalism, this person is often called the head. these words are used to describe the position, but not as titles.在英国,不同学校选用不同的名称描述校长一职。一般来说,headmaster 越来越少人用且变得相当过时,headmistress 更是如此。大多数学校用 head teacher ;在较非正式的场合及新闻报道中常用 head。这些词指的都是职位,不用作称谓。headmistress/ˌhedˈmɪstrəs ||; ˈhɛdˈmɪstrɪs/noun [c] (old-fashioned 旧) the woman who is in charge of a school 女校长 ☞now we say head or head teacher. 今称head或head teacher。 head·mis·tress /`hɛdˏmɪstrɪs; ˌhedˈmɪstrɪs/n [c]bre a female teacher who is in charge of a school 【英】 [中小学的]女校长; principal ame 【美】 |
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