doyenne 的定义
plural doy·ennes [doi-enz; French dwa-yen]. /dɔɪˈɛnz; French dwaˈyɛn/.
- a woman who is the senior member, as in age or rank, of a group, class, profession, etc.
doyenne 近义词
等同于 master
等同于 senior
等同于 golden ager
等同于 oldster
更多doyenne例句
- As eight of her novels are republished, we salute a doyenne of literary fiction whose work juxtaposes tragedy and comedy.
- No one wants to criticize Jane Goodall—Dame Goodall—the soft-spoken, white-haired doyenne of primatology.
- She is not some rarefied doyenne whose choices carry moral clout.
- Tea Party doyenne and Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann may be positioning herself for the 2012 contest.
- As Democratic doyenne Pamela Harriman once put it, "he's not entirely housebroken."
- I had no idea what les manches de cour were, and, naturally, I went to the doyenne to find out.
- Madame la doyenne was so overcome that for a moment speech left her.
- There was no alternative, and the absence of the doyenne must explain itself as best it could.
- She did not seem in the least surprised at seeing me alone; possibly the doyenne had written her own account of the headache.
- When I reached home I changed my dress and drove to the house of the "suffering" doyenne.