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do·cent /dəʊˈsent $ doʊ-/ noun [countable]  BODLT American English someone who guides visitors through a museum, church etc 〔博物馆、教堂等的〕向导，讲解员

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docent• At the J Paul Getty museum in Malibu, a docent was giving her usual tour.• The inside is completely restored, and visitors can sit in the old desks while a docent explains early school days.• The twice-a-week free tours are narrated by museum docents.• He had been offered the position of docent at the University of Warsaw.• She's a volunteer docent at the Smithsonian Institution.Origin docent (1800-1900) German Latin, present participle of docere “to teach”

do·cent nounChineseSyllable  

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do‧cent /dəʊˈsent $ doʊ-/ noun [countable]American English someone who guides visitors through a museum, church etc

do·centBrE /ˈdəʊsnt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdoʊsnt/ 🔊 noun (NAmE) a person whose job is to show tourists around a museum, etc. and talk to them about it （博物馆等场所的）讲解员，向导