a person who protects or defends someone or something 保护者,防御者 a stalwart protector of civic rectitude. 一位坚定维护公民正直性的人。
[often with modifier]a thing that protects someone or something from injury 保护物 ear protectors. 护耳。
(一般作 Protector)(historical)a regent in charge of a kingdom during the minority, absence, or incapacity of the sovereign (史)(君主未成年、不在或无能时管理王国的)摄政王 ■(亦作 Lord Protector of the Commonwealth)the title of the head of state in England during the later period of the Commonwealth between 1653 and 1659, first Oliver Cromwell (1653–8), then his son Richard (1658–9) 护国公(1653至1659年间,英伦三岛共和政体晚期的英国国家元首头衔,最初是奥利弗•克伦威尔[1653—1658],后为其子理查德[1658—1659])
派生 protectoral adjective protectorship noun 语源
late Middle English: from Old French protectour, from late Latin protector, from protect- 'covered in front', from the verb protegere (see protect)