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monitress

/mon-i-tris/US // ˈmɒn ɪ trɪs //

监视者,监视员,监视器,监视人

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a female student who helps keep order or assists a teacher in school.
    • : a girl or woman who admonishes, especially with reference to conduct.

Examples

  • Julian, however, though disconcerted, was in no shape disposed to submit to the authority of his monitress.

  • “The less you expect the better,” said her massive monitress.

  • I thank Heaven, that hath taught me better thoughts than my own vanity suggested, through the medium of so kind a monitress.

  • Honor sprang to the door, but her face fell as she saw the monitress arrive empty-handed.

  • Having shown Evelyn the unromantic origin of her spectre, the monitress left her, apparently pacified, and went downstairs.