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custos

/kuhs-tos; Latin koos-tohs/US // ˈkʌs tɒs; Latin ˈkʊs toʊs //UK // (ˈkʌstɒs) //

监护人,监护权,监护室,监护区

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural cus·to·des [kuh-stoh-deez; Latin koos-toh-des]. /kʌˈstoʊ diz; Latin kʊsˈtoʊ dɛs/.

    • : Latin. a custodian.
    • : a superior in the Franciscan order.

Examples

  • Before 1888 the clerk of the peace was appointed in a county by the custos rotulorum.

  • I enquired, finding that the old custos was more inclined to speak of his predecessor than himself.

  • His Honour the Superintendent might have assumed the classical motto, "Custos sum pauperis horti."

  • The Duke of York was appointed custos person of the King, and received in that capacity 10,000ℓ.

  • This is the same animal which a naturalist of the last century named the Cancer custos.