Word · CEFR C2 · Frequency #12713
headmistress
女校长
a woman who is the headmaster of a school
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n. a woman headmaster
(中小学)女校长
(中小学)女校长
In use
At the school assembly, the headmistress announced that the science fair would be held next month.
Parents asked the headmistress about the new dress code before it took effect.
The headmistresses of several local schools met to discuss shared library resources.
the headmistress of [school]
headmistress 指女校长，对应男性校长 headmaster。
The headmistress of the school welcomed the new students.
学校的女校长欢迎了新来的学生。
be appointed headmistress
appointed 后的职务名词常不加冠词。
She was appointed headmistress of the grammar school in 2015.
她于2015年被任命为这所文法学校的女校长。
serve as headmistress
She served as headmistress of the school for ten years.
她担任该校女校长十年。
Common mistakes
She is the headmaster of our school.She is the headmistress of our school.
headmaster 特指男校长；若校长是女性，应用 headmistress。headmistress 本身指女性校长，不要用 headmaster 指女性。
There are three headmistress in the district.There are three headmistresses in the district.
headmistress 的复数形式是 headmistresses（以 -s 结尾需加 -es）。句中有 three，所以必须用复数形式。
Connections
Collocations
- headmistress of a girls' school
- 女子学校的女校长
- She was appointed headmistress of a girls' school.她被任命为一所女子学校的女校长。
- the headmistress's office
- 女校长办公室
- The students were called to the headmistress's office.学生们被叫到了女校长办公室。
- strict headmistress
- 严格的女校长
- The new strict headmistress changed many school rules.新的严格女校长更改了许多校规。
- be appointed headmistress
- 被任命为女校长
- She was appointed headmistress in 2019.她于2019年被任命为女校长。
- under the new headmistress
- 在新女校长的领导下
- Under the new headmistress, the school improved.在新女校长的领导下，学校有所改善。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
校长是学校的“头脑”（head），“女主人”（mistress）掌管全校，合起来就是女校长。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：学校行政、正式文件、教职工会议 该词比较正式、传统，多用于英国或英联邦国家的中小学场合，尤其见于正式文件或学校管理语境；日常口语中通常更常用 head teacher 或 principal。
Pronunciation & Spelling
headmaster 和 headache 与 headmistress 共享开头的 /hɛd/ 音。mistress、actress、waitress 与 headmistress 有相同的非重读结尾 /trɪs/，但它们不是完全押韵，因为重音元音不同。注意 stress /strɛs/ 拼写相似，但读音不同，不要混淆。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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