tutelar
/toot-l-er-ee, tyoot-/US // ˈtut lˌɛr i, ˈtyut- //UK // (ˈtjuːtɪlərɪ) //
辅导员,监护人,家教,监护权
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adj.形容词 adjective
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- : having the position of guardian or protector of a person, place, or thing: tutelary saint.
- : of or relating to a guardian or guardianship.
n.名词 noun
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plural tu·te·lar·ies.
- : a person who has tutelary powers, as a saint, deity, or guardian.
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Examples
The Lar or tutelary divinity of the house seems, however, to have retained his ancient place in the trium.
Zulus are great believers in tutelary spirits, of which each individual has one or more continually watching over him.
To return to the theory that totems are tutelary spirits in animal or other natural forms.
The Euahlayi, in Australia for instance, call tutelary spirits yunbeai; hereditary totems they call by a separate name, Dhe.
Thus the Thlinket, totemic on Australian primitive lines, do not regard their hereditary exogamous totems as "tutelary spirits."
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