英 [ˌpeɪtrəˈnes] 美 [ˌpeɪtrəˈnes]
n. 女主顾；女资助人；女保护人
复数patronesses
patroness /ˈpeɪtrənˌɛs/
可数名词 A woman who is a patron of something can be described as a patroness. 女施主
a woman who is a patron or the wife of a patron
同义词： patronne
... heiress女担当人 patroness女保护人 -est[形容词及副词后缀] ...
... Lock Met hod » 锁定方法 patroness » 女赞助者 Please accept my season's greetings » 请接受我的季节的问候 ...
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She was Athena, goddess of wisdom and knowledge and patroness of Athens.
她就是智慧女神雅典娜，掌管知识，是雅典的保护神。
The image of the Patroness of the Church was wrenched out of the porch centuries ago.
教堂的守护神像早在几百年前就从门廊里搬走了。
You had better neglect your relations, than run the risk of offending your patroness.
免得担那么大的风险，得罪了你的女施主。
Until now she has been all mystique: bride in a family of martyrs, patroness of the disadvantaged, goddess of Indian secularism.
The rest of the opera is scene-setting a children's chorus to greet a patroness of the orphanage and some light banter among the nuns, who included the opulent-voiced mezzo Ann McMahon Quintero as Suor Pazienza.
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