governor
n
1
(a) person appointed to govern a province or state (esp a colony abroad) 省长; 州长; (尤指海外殖民地的)总督
a provincial governor 省长.
(b) elected head of each state in the USA (美国的)州长
the Governor of New York State 纽约州州长.
2
(a) head of an institution 机构首脑
a prison governor 监狱长
the governor of the Bankof England 英格兰银行总裁.
(b) member of a governing body 行政机构的成员
the board of governors of a school, college, hospital, etc 学校、 学院、 医院等的董事会.
3 (Brit infml 口)
(a) (also guvnor ) person having power or authority over the speaker, eg an employer or a father 顶头上司(如雇主或父亲):I shall have to ask permission from the/my governor. 我需求得顶头上司的允许.
(b) (also guv , guvnor) (used by a man when addressing another man, esp one of higher social status 用作男子对男子的称谓, 尤用於社会地位比自己高的人)
Can I see your ticket, guvnor? 先生, 我能看看您的票吗?
4 (engineering 工) mechanism that controls automatically the speed, temperature, etc of a machine 机器上自动调速、 调温等装置.
OK. We can get some more tomorrow. We should finish the floor now. Can you take the other end of this piece of wood? Now you have to pull it to make the surface smooth like that.