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curator

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Occupations, Arts
cu·ra·tor /kjʊˈreɪtə $ -ər/ ●○○ noun [countable]  BOAsomeone who is in charge of a museum or zoo 博物馆馆长;动物园园长 He’s Curator of Prints at the Metropolitan. 他是大都会艺术博物馆印刷品馆部的主管。
Examples from the Corpus
curatorCarmen Gimenez goes to the Guggenheim, New York, as curator and is not replaced.Museums are responding by offering family programs, workshops, classes and art talks by curators, scholars and artists.His curator says that despite his prodigious and inspired output he still thinks of himself as a farmer.Michael is the mammal curator at the Los Angeles Zoo.Legally this entitled her to choose her own curators - which in this case meant her regent.That has ten curators and this museum has one person and she isn't properly funded.
Origin curator (1600-1700) Latin curare; → CURE2
cu·ra·tor nounChineseSyllable
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curator
curator /kjʊˈreɪtə $ -ər/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1600-1700
 Language: Latin
 Origin: curare; cure2
someone who is in charge of a museum or zoo:
    He’s Curator of Prints at the Metropolitan.


cur·atorBrE /kjʊəˈreɪtə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /kjʊˈreɪtər/ 🔊 nouna person whose job is to be in charge of the objects or works of art in a museum or an art gallery, etc. (博物馆或美术馆等的)馆长,负责人,策展人