英语词汇“governor”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	governor
释义	gov·er·nor \R ˈgəv(ə)nər also -vərnər, -R -v(ə)nə(r\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English governour, from Middle French governeor, from Latin gubernator steersman, from gubernatus (past participle of gubernare to steer) + -or — more at govern 1. : one that governs: as a. : one that exercises authority especially over an area or group < the kings, princes and governors of the world — Times Literary Supplement > < the American people … governors of us all — H.S.Truman > < the sun … was the governor of the heavens — S.F.Mason > b. often capitalized, archaic : god < the Deity … which is the supreme governor of all things — Ralph Cudworth > c. : an official elected or appointed to act as ruler, chief executive, or nominal head of a political unit (as a colony, state, or province) < each colony has its own government headed by the governor who represents the crown — W.E.Simnett > < the office of governor in the American states — W.S.Sayre > < Australian … state governors act on the advice of their ministers — Geoffrey Sawer > d. : commandant < the governor of the besieged fortress > e. : the managing director and usually the principal officer of an institution or organization < is governor of the Bank of France — Harrison Smith > < past governor of the local lodge — Springfield (Massachusetts) Union > < assistant governor of a large English prison > < the governor of an Edinburgh hospital — H.A.Albert > f. : a member of a group of persons that directs or controls an institution or society : director < the board of governors of the Federal Reserve System … consists of seven members — E.W.Kemmerer > < the board of governors of the National Press Club — Newsweek > < a governor of the University of British Columbia — Current Biography > g. : the chief of an Indian tribe or pueblo < the party executing the order of the … governors of the pueblos — Weekly New Mexican > 2. archaic : one that has charge of the education of a young man usually of royal or noble birth < at the age of seven he was … handed over to a governor — Nancy Mitford > 3. a. slang : one looked upon as governing (as a father, guardian, or employer) < my old governor sent me to Eton — Angela Thirkell > b. : mister, sir — usually used in informal address < come and look at 'em, governor — Henry Mayhew > 4. a. : an attachment to a machine (as a gasoline or steam engine) designed to afford automatic control or limitation of speed or power; especially : such an attachment actuated by the centrifugal force of whirling weights opposed by gravity or by springs b. : a contrivance giving automatic control (as of pressure or temperature) — called also regulator
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