grande dame
noun[Cusually singular]
uk/ˌɡrɑːnd ˈdɑːm/us/ˌɡrɑːnd ˈdɑːm/a woman who isrespectedbecause of herexperienceandknowledgeof aparticularsubject:
(在某个领域因经验丰富、知识渊博而)德高望重的女性,受人敬仰的女性,女泰斗Vivienne Westwood is the grandedameofBritishfashion.维维恩‧韦斯特伍德是英国时装界的泰斗。
Experts and specialists
- academician
- artist
- authority
- boffin
- child prodigy
- doyen
- doyenne
- hotshot
- knowsomethinginside outidiom
- lapidary
- literati
- maven
- pyrotechnician
- Renaissance man
- savant
- semiotician
- skilled
- whizz
- wonder
- wunderkind