superintendent

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
美 /ˌsjuːpəɹɪnˈtɛndənt/|/ˌsuːpəɹɪnˈtɛndənt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person who is authorized to supervise, direct or administer something.
  2. A police officer rank, positioned above chief inspector, and below chief superintendent. Commonwealth
    — “No, don't,” replied the superintendent; “in fact, I'd rather you made yourself conspicuous elsewhere. Go down to the landing stage and cross to New Brighton or Wallasey—doesn't matter which—and come back. No doubt you will be seen, and reported to have gone across.”
  3. The manager of a building, usually a communal residence, who is responsible for keeping the facilities functional and often collecting rent or similar payments, either as also the building's landlord or on behalf of same.
  4. The head of a Sunday school.
  5. In some Protestant churches, a clergyman having the oversight of the clergy of a district.
  6. A janitor. US
形容词 adj.
  1. Overseeing; superintending. not-comparable

词形变化

superintendents plural

词汇关系

近义词
manager foreman chief head head man controller comptroller overseer supervisor
衍生词
chief superintendent detective chief superintendent detective superintendent sidewalk superintendent SP superintendentess superintendential superintendentship supt.
相关词
superintend superintendency woman police constable detective constable detective sergeant detective inspector detective chief inspector

词源

词源 1
From Ecclesiastical Latin superintendens, a calque of Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos); thence being distantly related to English bishop.
词源 2
From Ecclesiastical Latin superintendens, a calque of Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos); thence being distantly related to English bishop.
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