corregidor
/kuh-reg-i-dawr, -dohr; Spanish kawr-re-hee-thawr/US // kəˈrɛg ɪˌdɔr, -ˌdoʊr; Spanish kɔrˌrɛ hiˈðɔr //UK // (kəˈrɛɡɪˌdɔː) //
冈仁波齐,冈比亚,冈萨雷斯,冈萨雷斯岛
Definitions
n.名词 noun
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plural cor·reg·i·dors, cor·reg·i·do·res [kuh-reg-i-dawr-eez, -dohr-; Spanish kawr-re-hee-thaw-res]. /kəˈrɛg ɪˈdɔr iz, -ˈdoʊr-; Spanish kɔrˌrɛ hiˈðɔ rɛs/.
- : the chief magistrate of a town in Spain.
- : History/Historical. a minor administrative unit.the chief officer of such a district.
Examples
When they went on deck again Corregidor Island was astern, rising out of the channel like a derelict battleship.
Precisely at eleven on the following day, I attended at the office of the corregidor.
A corregidor frequently had half a dozen of these pongos, whom he provided with miserable food and wretched clothing.
The cacique of Tungasuca assembled the irritated Indians, who seized the corregidor and hanged him.
In March, 1895, Wolf lived once more, and in three months had written the piano score of Corregidor.
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