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regent 音标拼音: [r'idʒənt] n. 摄政者,摄政,评议员
a. 摄政的 摄政者,摄政,评议员摄政的 regent adj 1: acting or functioning as a regent or ruler; " prince- regent" n 1: members of a governing board [ synonym: { regent}, { trustee}] 2: someone who rules during the absence or incapacity or minority of the country' s monarchRegent \ Re" gent\ ( r?" jent), a. [ L. regens, - entis, p. pr. of regere to rule: cf. F. r[' e] gent. See { Regiment}.] 1. Ruling; governing; regnant. " Some other active regent principle . . . which we call the soul." -- Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Exercising vicarious authority. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] { Queen regent}. See under { Queen}, n. [ 1913 Webster]
Regent \ Re" gent\, n. [ F. r[' e] gent. See { Regent}, a.] 1. One who rules or reigns; a governor; a ruler. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Especially, one invested with vicarious authority; one who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign. [ 1913 Webster] 3. One of a governing board; a trustee or overseer; a superintendent; a curator; as, the regents of the Smithsonian Institution. [ 1913 Webster] 4. ( Eng. Univ.) A resident master of arts of less than five years' standing, or a doctor of less than twwo. They were formerly privileged to lecture in the schools. [ 1913 Webster] { Regent bird} ( Zool.), a beautiful Australian bower bird ({ Sericulus melinus}). The male has the head, neck, and large patches on the wings, bright golden yellow, and the rest of the plumage deep velvety black; -- so called in honor of the Prince of Wales ( afterward George IV.), who was Prince Regent in the reign of George III. { The Regents of the University of the State of New York}, the members of a corporate body called the University of New York. They have a certain supervisory power over the incorporated institution for Academic and higher education in the State. [ 1913 Webster] |
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