directress
/dih-rek-tris, dahy-/US // dɪˈrɛk trɪs, daɪ- //
指挥者,指挥官,女导演,指挥员
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a woman who is a director.
Examples
I fought and fought with the directress, a teacher of elocution, who tried to make me mouth my words in the old style.
Not only were those working at Cecilia's trousseau young and merry, but, from the directress herself, they were all pretty.
Whereupon she arranged the reception to suit herself; that is, so as to remain directress of the occasion.
A Montessori directress does no common "teaching," but she is called upon for very skillful and very tiring effort.
This method is, of course, practical only where the directress lives among the families of her scholars.
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