housemaster
/hous-mas-ter, -mah-ster/US // ˈhaʊsˌmæs tər, -ˌmɑ stər //UK // (ˈhaʊsˌmɑːstə) //
房主,舍监,主人翁,主人公
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a man who is in charge of a house or a dormitory in a private school for boys.
Examples
That afternoon Dick received a telegram which sent him off full speed to his housemaster for the necessary permission to go home.
There was only one thing he feared; he did not want Mrs. Rogers, wife of the housemaster, to "mother" him.
He is now a Housemaster, with every opportunity (and full permission) to work himself to death.
However, a Housemaster contra mundum, and a Housemaster in his own House, are very different beings.
If a boy appears dour and dogged, the Housemaster has to decide whether he is shy or merely insolent.
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