a person who is qualified to treat people who are ill 医生;大夫 ■(N. Amer.)a qualified dentist or veterinary surgeon (北美)牙医;兽医 ■(in southern Africa) a person practising traditional African healing arts (南非)以传统医术治病的医生 ■[with modifier](informal)a person who gives advice or makes improvements (非正式)建议者;改进者 the script doctor rewrote the original. 改编者改写了原著。
(Doctor)a person who holds the highest university degree 博士 he was made a Doctor of Divinity. 他成了神学博士。 ■short for Doctor of the Church Doctor of the Church的简称 ■(archaic)a teacher or learned person (古)教师;博学的人 the wisest doctor is gravelled by the inquisitiveness of a child. 最智慧的大师也会被孩童的追根问底所难倒。
an artificial fishing fly (钓鱼用的)人造蝇
(Austral./NZ informal)a cook on board a ship or in a camp or station (澳/新西兰,非正式)船上(或营地、驻扎地)的厨师
[with modifier]a cool onshore breeze that blows regularly in a particular warm location (热带地区的)凉爽海风。 参见 Cape doctor the Perth doctor blows towards evening off the Indian Ocean. 从印度洋吹来的伯斯风一直刮到晚上。
verb [with obj.]
change the content or appearance of (a document or picture) in order to deceive; falsify 篡改(文件,照片);伪造 the reports could have been doctored. 这些报告可能是伪造的。 ■alter the content of (a drink, food, or substance) by adding strong or harmful ingredients 在(饮料、食物等)中加入浓烈(或有害)的成分 he denied doctoring Stephen's drinks. 他否认在斯蒂芬的饮料里加了东西。 ■(Cricket & Baseball)tamper with (a ball) so as to affect its flight when bowled or pitched (板球,棒球)干扰(球)
[usu. as noun doctoring](informal)treat (someone) medically (非正式)给(某人)看病 he contemplated giving up doctoring. 他思忖着放弃行医。 ■(常作 be doctored)(Brit.)remove the sexual organs of (an animal) so that it cannot reproduce (英)阉割(动物) ■(一般作 be doctored)repair (a machine) 修理(机器)
常用词组 be (just) what the doctor ordered
(informal)be very beneficial or desirable under the circumstances (非正式)有利的,如意的 a 2-0 victory is just what the doctor ordered. 2比0的胜利令人满意。
go for the doctor
(Austral. informal)make an all-out effort (澳,非正式)尽最大努力 he will go for the doctor in Parliament next week. 下周在国会他会尽全力争取的。
派生 doctorly adjective 语源
Middle English (in the senses 'learned person' and 'Doctor of the Church'): via Old French from Latin doctor 'teacher' (from docere 'teach')