sexton
sexton 英 ['sekst(ə)n] 美 ['sɛkstən]
n. 教堂司事
名词复数:sextons
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- n. 教堂司事
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1. You and Hareton may, if you please, accompany me: and mind, particularly, to notice that the sexton obeys my directions concerning the two coffins!
如果你们愿意，你和哈里顿可以陪我去：特别要记住，注意教堂司事要遵照我关于两个棺木的指示！
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2. New York University recently went one step further by opening a full-fledged liberal arts campus in Abu Dhabi, part of what NYU President John sexton envisions as a "global network university."
纽约大学更是后来居上，最近在阿布扎比开办了一所完全独立的文科学校。 纽约大学校长John Sexton憧憬着说这是一所“全球网络大学”。
- sexton (n.) c. 1300, sekesteyn, "person in charge of the sacred objects of a church," from Old French segrestien, from Medieval Latin sacristanus (see sacristan). Sense of "custodian of a church" first recorded 1580s. Fem. forms sextress, sextrice are recorded 15c., but the usual form is sextoness (early 15c.).
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