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doyenne

/doi-en; French dwa-yen/US // dɔɪˈɛn; French dwaˈyɛn //

晓燕,晓雯,晓燕姐,晓玲

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    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.

Synonyms & Antonyms

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Synonyms
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Examples

  • 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.