padrone

名词 n.
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英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A patron; a protector.
    — She had not the slightest intention of keeping the promises she had made to the padrone; she had resolved to lie stoutly as far as was necessary to make good her own and Beppo's escape.
  2. A landlord; the master of a large estate.
    — Dominedio! O Riverenza! how sadly must Ser Giovanni, my poor padrone, have lost his memory in this cruel long illness!
  3. The master of a small coaster in the Mediterranean.
    — The poor padrone or captain, in his red-tasselled cap, dingy-velvet jacket, and open-kneed breeches, had no sooner contrived to scramble up the side and reach teh quarter-deck, followed by a grinning midshipman, than he gave vent to all sorts of gesticulations and protestations explanatory of his having unfortunately mistaken the British ship for a French one.
  4. A man who imports, and controls the earnings of, Greek or Italian labourers, street musicians, child beggars, etc.
    — But the padrone does not employ the men alone and upon his own responsibility . He works together with the Italian banker, who is a somewhat more responsible party than the padrone; at least the men have more faith in him, because it is through him that they send money back to Italy, and with whom they keep their small savings.
  5. A mafia boss.
    — For along the dark drive leading up to the main house was a bizarre collection of statuary: likenesses of the entire Boiardo family, their busts and nameplates array on pilasters surreounding the padrone of the dynasty, a youthful Richie the Boot, outfitted in formal riding wear, sitting astride a prancing white stallion.

词形变化

padrones plural padroni plural

词源

From Italian padrone, from Latin patronus. Doublet of patron, Patronus, patroon, and pattern.
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