warden
warden 英 [ˈwɔ:dn] 美 [ˈwɔrdn]
n. 区长；看守人；典狱官；学监
名词复数:wardens
- The person who works at a jail as the boss of all the prison guards is called the warden.
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- n. 区长；看守人；典狱官；学监
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1. I told her what the warden had said.
我告诉了她监狱长说的那些话。
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2. After a time, when the warden looked at me questioningly, I nodded, and she spread the sheet over Hanna`s face again.
过了一会儿，当监狱长带着质疑的目光瞧着我的时候，我点点头，她把被单又盖在了汉娜的脸上。
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3. The warden gave him a cigar, and they shook hands.
监狱长递给他一支雪茄。 他们握了握手。
- warden (n.) c. 1200, "one who guards," from Old North French wardein, from Frankish *warding- (which became Old French guardenc), from Proto-Germanic *wardon "to watch, guard," from PIE *war-o-, suffixed form of root *wer- (3) "perceive, watch out for." Meaning "governor of a prison" is recorded from c. 1300.
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