| 单词 | chamberlain |
| 释义 | Word Frequency chamberlain(ˈtʃeɪmbəlɪn) noun 1. an officer who manages the household of a king 2. the steward of a nobleman or landowner 3. the treasurer of a municipal corporation Derived forms chamberlainship (ˈchamberlainˌship) noun Word origin C13: from Old French chamberlayn, of Frankish origin; related to Old High German chamarling chamberlain, Latin camera chamberWord Frequency Chamberlain(ˈtʃeɪmbəlɪn) noun 1. Sir (Joseph) Austen. 1863–1937, British Conservative statesman; foreign secretary (1924–29); awarded a Nobel peace prize for his negotiation of the Locarno Pact (1925) 2. his father, Joseph. 1836–1914, British statesman; originally a Liberal, he resigned in 1886 over Home Rule for Ireland and became leader of the Liberal Unionists; a leading advocate of preferential trading agreements with members of the British Empire 3. his son, (Arthur) Neville. 1869–1940, British Conservative statesman; prime minister (1937–40): pursued a policy of appeasement towards Germany; following the German invasion of Poland, he declared war on Germany on Sept 3, 1939 4. Owen. 1920–2006, US physicist, who discovered the antiproton. Nobel prize for physics jointly with Emilio Segré 1959 |
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