chaperon
noun[C]
(alsochaperone)us/ˈʃæp·əˌroʊn/anolderpersonwho ispresentat asocialeventtoencouragecorrectbehavior:
Severalteachersactedas chaperons for theschooldance.
| 单词 | chaperon |
| 释义 | chaperon noun[C] (alsochaperone)us/ˈʃæp·əˌroʊn/anolderpersonwho ispresentat asocialeventtoencouragecorrectbehavior: Severalteachersactedas chaperons for theschooldance. Examplesofchaperonchaperon An important feature of chaperons, however, is their ability to seclude the proteins from the environments of other proteins. From theCambridge English Corpus Its addition to refolding proteins may therefore have the same effect as a molecularchaperon. From theCambridge English Corpus Given her tailored costume, her appearance in their midst is not surprising, but in this homosocial world she was usually chaperoned by several attentive men. From theCambridge English Corpus To my mind it is rather like lamenting the passing of thechaperonand the arrival of the permissive age. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The only way that other children could be protected would be for that child to be chaperoned continuously. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not think we need to be too delicate about the use of this word "chaperon". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 What is thechaperongoing to be there for? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I should like to know the nature of the status of thechaperon. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 When they had gone, others appeared and chaperoned me through deep-breathing exercises, to prevent my getting pneumonia after the anæsthetic. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no doubt that life was a great deal more ordered, discreet and, perhaps, sweeter-smelling in the days of thechaperon. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The other point concerns where we are going to get chaperons from. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It really means that we shall be paying twice the sum for a confinement that we paid before male midwives and chaperons were needed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If there is to be a male midwife, he must be chaperoned. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We shall also be asking health authorities to make provision for male midwives to be chaperoned as necessary. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They would not have called it chaperoning, but it is still the rule in many societies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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