maven
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ma·ven /ˈmeɪvən/ noun [countable] American EnglishINTELLIGENT someone who knows a lot about a particular subject 专家，内行food/fashion/sports etc maven A food maven could also be called a gourmet. 食品行家也可叫做美食家。
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maven• Thus, the cash registers, not fashion mavens, choose the hues of the season.• Recipes will be judged on originality and compatibility with the wine by a panel of chefs and Bay Area food mavens.• What do film industry mavens make of this situation?• But now, with more-affordable computer equipment and software available, any would-be market maven can analyze a universe of stocks.• Media mavens contend that the visual comparison of the two men side by side is half the battle.• The most free-spending hired guns are all well-known by political mavens inside the Beltway.• Brown tapped veteran social maven Charlotte Mailliard Swig to her former post as protocol chief.food/fashion/sports etc maven• Recipes will be judged on originality and compatibility with the wine by a panel of chefs and Bay Area food mavens.• Thus, the cash registers, not fashion mavens, choose the hues of the season.From Longman Business Dictionarymavenma‧ven /ˈmeɪvən/ noun [countable] American English someone who knows a lot about a particular subjectSYN EXPERTStockmarket mavens say such a pattern usually signals more gains ahead.Origin maven (1900-2000) Yiddish meyvn, from Hebrew l'havin “to understand”ma·ven nounChineseSyllable
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maven
ma‧ven /ˈmeɪvən/
noun [countable]
food/fashion/sports etc maven
A food maven could also be called a gourmet.
ma‧ven /ˈmeɪvən/
noun [countable] Date: 1900-2000
Language: Yiddish
Origin: meyvn, from Hebrew l'havin 'to understand'
American English someone who knows a lot about a particular subjectLanguage: Yiddish
Origin: meyvn, from Hebrew l'havin 'to understand'
food/fashion/sports etc maven