patron
patron 英 [ˈpeɪtrən] 美 [ˈpetrən]
n. 赞助人；主顾
名词复数:patrons
- A patron supports someone or something. A patron of a business supports the business by being a loyal customer. A patron of the arts helps support starving artists — financially, not with food rations.
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- n. 赞助人；主顾
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1. Frederick the Great was the patron of many artists.
腓特烈大帝是许多艺术家的赞助人。
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2. Patrons are requested not to smoke.
请顾客不要吸烟。
- patron (n.) "a lord-master, a protector," c. 1300, from Old French patron "patron, protector, patron saint" (12c.) and directly from Medieval Latin patronus "patron saint, bestower of a benefice, lord, master, model, pattern," from Latin patronus "defender, protector, former master (of a freed slave); advocate," from pater (genitive patris) "father" (see father (n.)). Meaning "one who advances the cause" (of an artist, institution, etc.), usually by the person's wealth and power, is attested from late 14c.; "commonly a wretch who supports with insolence, and is paid with flattery" [Johnson]. Commercial sense of "regular customer" first recorded c. 1600. Patron saint (1717) originally was simply patron (late 14c.).
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