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dewan

/dih-wahn, -wawn/US // dɪˈwɑn, -ˈwɔn //UK // (dɪˈwɑːn) //

杜文,杜万,德万,德旺

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any of certain officials, as a financial minister or prime minister of a native colony.

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  • On my way to the bar, I spot Channing Tatum with his wife, Jenna Dewan-Tatum, and Emma Watson.

  • The sisters: A rational Ingrid (Rachel Boston) and sexy, free-spirited Freya (Jenna Dewan-Tatum).

  • Director Anne Fletcher remembers being struck by Dewan-Tatum when she walked through the door to audition.

  • Dewan-Tatum recalls that first meeting with her future costar/husband.

  • “They wanted me to come in the door, slam the door, and scream,” Dewan-Tatum, 31, says.

  • He is called dewan, or steward; and, indeed, this is a term with more propriety applied to him in several of his functions.

  • The dewan tried to dissuade the raja, but without effect, and in due time the marriage was celebrated amid great rejoicings.

  • When the Dewan heard that Lela had come with a great force he thought that he would loot the country and he ran away in fear.

  • There were once a Raja and his Dewan who had each one son, and the two boys were great friends.

  • So the dewan presented himself before the Raja with the dumb shepherd and found a large company assembled to see what happened.