chieftain

英式音标：[ˈtʃi:ftən]

美式音标：[ˈtʃiftən]

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概况：

n. 酋长；首领

词义：

n.

（部落）酋长，族长，首领；

变形

复数：chieftains

英英释义

chieftain[ 'tʃi:ftən ]

n.

the leader of a group of people

同义词：captain

the head of a tribe or clan

同义词：headmantribal chief

用法：

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

The highland chieftain has two daughters.
高地酋长有两个女儿。

Once upon a time, there was a famous chieftain named Fearless.
从前,有一个叫做天不怕的酋长。

Our chieftain is chicken-hearted.
我们的首领缺乏勇气。

That tall criminal is branded as the chieftain of the gang.
那个高个子罪犯被确认为是这帮人的头目。

权威例句

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同义词：leader,captain,boss

同根词：chieftaincy,chieftain

英语词源：

chieftain (n.)

early 14c., cheftayne "ruler, chief, head" of something, from Anglo-French chiefteyn, Old French chevetain "captain, chief, leader," from Late Latin capitaneus "commander," from Latin capitis, genitive of caput "head" (see capitulum). According to "Rob Roy" (1818) a Highland chieftain was the head of a branch of a clan, a chief was the head of the whole name. Related: Chieftainship.

造句：

1. a storied chieftain of guerrillas.

传说中著名的游击队首领

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考

2. a Highland chieftain

高地族长.

-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考

3. a bandit chieftain

匪首

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译参考[网络]

4. The highland chieftain has two daughters.

高地酋长有两个女儿。

-- 来源 -- 轻轻松松背单词-蒋刚

5. an enemy chieftain

敌酋

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译参考[网络]

6. The ferocious chieftain was executed.

那个凶残的匪首被处决了。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

7. A nomad chieftain

毡裘之君

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译样例 - 习语

8. Odoacer [Chieftain of a barbarian tribe]

鄂多阿塞[蛮族首领

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译参考[网络]

9. Our chieftain is chicken-hearted.

我们的首领缺乏勇气。

-- 来源 -- 轻轻松松背单词-蒋刚

10. A great medieval Scandinavian chieftain or nobleman.

王公贵族中古时代斯堪的纳维亚地区的领袖或贵族

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考