| [/ˈmændərɪn; ˋmændərɪn/] n 用法:
1 Mandarin [U] official standard spoken language of China （中国的）官话（普通话的旧称）. 用法:
2 [C] (formerly) high-ranking government official in China （旧时）中国政府的高级官吏. 用法:
3 [C] high-ranking official who behaves and writes in a remote and difficult way 态度冷淡文字艰涩的高级官吏:
Whitehall mandarins, ie top British civil servants 英国政府中因循守旧的官僚 *
[attrib 作定语] pages and pages of mandarin prose 长篇累牍的晦涩文章. 用法:
4 [C] (also ,mandarin `orange) type of small orange with loose skin 橘子. 用法:
5 [C] (also ,mandarin `duck) small (originally Chinese) duck with brightly coloured feathers 鸳鸯（原产中国）. |