docent

Related topics: Occupations, Tourism

do·cent /dəʊˈsent $ doʊ-/ noun [countableC]

BODLT American EnglishAmE someone who guides visitors through a museum, church etc 〔博物馆、教堂等的〕向导，讲解员

Examples from the Corpus

docent• At the J Paul Getty museum in Malibu, a docent was giving her usual tour.• The inside is completely restored, and visitors can sit in the old desks while a docent explains early school days.• The twice-a-week free tours are narrated by museum docents.• He had been offered the position of docent at the University of Warsaw.• She's a volunteer docent at the Smithsonian Institution.

Origin docent

(1800-1900) German Latin, present participle of docere “to teach”

词汇	docent
释义	docent Related topics: Occupations, Tourism do·cent /dəʊˈsent $ doʊ-/ noun [countableC] BODLT American EnglishAmE someone who guides visitors through a museum, church etc 〔博物馆、教堂等的〕向导，讲解员 Examples from the Corpus docent• At the J Paul Getty museum in Malibu, a docent was giving her usual tour.• The inside is completely restored, and visitors can sit in the old desks while a docent explains early school days.• The twice-a-week free tours are narrated by museum docents.• He had been offered the position of docent at the University of Warsaw.• She's a volunteer docent at the Smithsonian Institution. Origin docent (1800-1900) German Latin, present participle of docere “to teach”
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