matron
noun[C]
uk/ˈmeɪ.trən/us/ˈmeɪ.trən/matronnoun[C](SCHOOL)
UKold-fashioned
afemalenursein aschool
（学校的）女舍监Schools in general
- assembly
- bailey
- blackboard
- blackboard jungle
- breaksomethingup
- bursar
- classroom
- fag
- jolly hockey sticksidiom
- language laboratory
- letsomeone/somethingout
- long vacation
- midterm
- parent-teacher association
- pass
- reception
- seat
- sixth form
- staffroom
- year
matronnoun[C](HOSPITAL)
UK
old-fashionedforsenior nursing officerUK
护士长（senior nursing officer 的旧称）Medical treatment: doctors & health workers generally
- acupuncturist
- anaesthetist
- auxiliary nurse
- brain surgeon
- candy striper
- care navigator
- casualty officer
- district nurse
- doctor's orders
- flying doctor
- houseman
- intern
- nursing aid
- occupational therapist
- odontologist
- orthopaedist
- otologist
- periodontist
- physician
- radiographer
matronnoun[C](PRISON)
US
a woman who is inchargeoffemaleprisoners
（监狱的）女看守Prisons & parts of prisons
- approved school
- Bastille
- boot camp
- borstal
- brig
- dungeon
- gaol
- gaoler
- halfway house
- nick
- open prison
- panopticon
- penal colony
- penitentiary
- straightjacket
- straitjacket
- the gulag
- warden
- warder
- young offender institution
matronnoun[C](MARRIED WOMAN)
US
amarriedwoman,especiallyone who isoldor awidow(= a woman whosehusbandhasdied)
上年纪的已婚妇女；（尤指）孀妇