Chaperon

['ʃæpərɔn]

解释:

(noun.) one who accompanies and supervises a young woman or gatherings of young people.

录入:山姆--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) A hood; especially, an ornamental or an official hood.

(n.) A device placed on the foreheads of horses which draw the hearse in pompous funerals.

(n.) A matron who accompanies a young lady in public, for propriety, or as a guide and protector.

(v. t.) To attend in public places as a guide and protector; to matronize.

费格斯录入

解释:

n. a kind of hood or cap: one who attends a lady in public places as a protector.—v.t. to attend a lady to public places.—n. Chap′eronage.

手打:内蒂