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headmistress

/hed-mis-tris/US // ˈhɛdˈmɪs trɪs //UK // (ˌhɛdˈmistrəs) //

女校长,校长,院长,负责人

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a woman in charge of a private school.

Examples

  • “You must stop baring your midriff,” scolded her headmistress.

  • Her clothes are sold at Barneys, all over Europe and Asia, and are quite fitted, with provocative names like "HeadMistress Dress."

  • At the door she came face to face with Miss Bennet, the headmistress.

  • She was tall and thin, angular and severe, a typical headmistress, stern and unyielding.

  • Foremost amongst these was Mrs. Liang, mother of Ling Ai, the headmistress of the girls' school.

  • Her position here is one of the best of its kind, for she is practically headmistress.

  • It is said she was a stern headmistress, but she stood for all that was fine, and meant a great deal to Georgetown.