bigwig [
'bigwig]
n. 要人, 大亨
- Mr. Smith is a bigwig around here.
史密斯先生是我们这儿的要人。 - It is said that his father is a bigwig.
据说他的父亲是个大人物。 - The bigwig is is on the edge of bankruptcy.
那名大亨濒临破产的边缘。
bigwig[ noun ]
the most important person in a group or undertaking
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Bigwig \Big"wig`\, n. [Big,a.+ wig.]
A person of consequence; as, the bigwigs of society. [Jocose]
In our youth we have heard him spoken of by the bigwigs
with extreme condescension. --Dickens.
- A. Edward Oberhaus Jr., a bigwig in the synthetic-hair field, puts it most succinctly: "We are living through the volume period of hair."
- Shoppers at the swank Bergdorf Goodman for Men witnessed a sweep Thursday by phalanxes of security men, in advance of a browse by a foreign bigwig.