headmaster

英 [ˌhed'mɑːstə(r)] 美 [ˌhed'mæstər]

• n. (中小学的)校长

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C](中小学的)校长

   the teacher in charge of a school

英英释义

Noun:

1. presiding officer of a school

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The headmaster patted the pupil on the shoulder.
   校长轻轻拍拍那个学生的肩膀。
2. My father is a headmaster of a primary school.
   我父亲是小学校长。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. Our headmaster seems to know all the answers.
   我们的校长看起来知识渊博。
2. The headmaster blew the boys up about the broken window.
   校长斥责这些孩子打坏了窗户。
3. The headmaster extended our holidays by a week.
   校长把我们的假期延长了一个星期。
4. The headmaster elaborated upon the idea for a new school uniform.
   校长就制作新校服的想法作了说明。
5. He was appointed the headmaster.
   他被任命为校长。
6. John had armed himself with an excuse before he went to see the headmaster.
   约翰在去见校长之前就已找好借口。
7. Our coach is negotiating with the headmaster for the use of their gym.
   我们的教练正在同校长交涉使用他们体育馆的事。
8. That forceful young woman edged out the former headmaster and is now headmaster herself.
   那位强硬的年轻妇女排挤走了前任校长,她自己现在当了校长。
9. The decision by the headmaster was called in question by some of the teachers who thought it unnecessarily harsh.
   有些教师对校长的决定存有异议,他们认为没有必要那么严厉。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• see the headmaster 看望校长
• visit the headmaster 拜访校长

名词+～

• assistant headmaster 校长助理

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. headmaster作“校长”解时,主要用于英国,指中小学校长,尤其是指私立学校的校长,可简称为head。在美国,中小学校长称为principal。

词义辨析

n. (名词)

headmaster, director, president, principal, schoolmaster

• 这组名词的共同意思是“校长”,但用于不同的学校要用不同的词:principal通常指中学校长,也可指小学校长或大学院长; headmaster指普通小学或中学的男性校长,在美国尤指私立学校的校长; director不仅指学校的校长,还可指各组织机构、团体等的负责人,如处长、局长、主任、厂长等; schoolmaster指小学、中学等一般学校的教师或校长; president指大学校长。例如:
• The school principal announced the honor roll list.校长宣布了优等生名单。
• Our headmaster is an old man.我们的校长是一位老人。
• He is the director of the research center.他是研究中心的主任。
• John is the schoolmaster of that secondary school.约翰是那所中学的校长。
• He was the president of Harvard University.他是哈佛大学的校长。

近反义词

【近义词】

• director
• president
• principal
• schoolmaster