Definition of steward in English:

steward

noun ˈstjuːədˈst(j)uərd

1A person employed to look after the passengers on a ship, aircraft, or train.
（轮船、飞机、火车的）乘务员
Example sentencesExamples
- The dining car steward soon came by taking dinner reservations.
- Shortly after Hammond, the dining car steward came by to make dinner reservations.
- Next the dining steward made our reservation for dinner.
- Arriving passengers greet their cabin stewards and table waiters like long-lost family friends with smiling handshakes, hugs and much backslapping.
- The first-class passengers had padded seats and a steward to serve them.
- The former ship's steward even got a chance to pilot a canal boat.
- We watched the passengers disembark, then asked the steward for shore passes.
- When I disembarked on my last cruise in December, I ran into the young man who had been our dining-room steward on the ship.
- And then there were the night stewards, usually an older steward who had spent his entire career with the ship line.
- Dave works as a cabin crew air steward, but is hoping for a career as a commercial airline pilot.
- His father, a flight steward, held a light-aircraft pilot's licence and would take his son flying with him.
- Most of them were relegated to rear echelon positions or they were stewards on the boats or on the ships.
- Instead, a steward will collect your cases once the ship has docked and will even help you pack.
- He asks the air steward for a coffee.
- But as the pair were returning to York, a steward on the train asked them if they would wait for all other passengers to leave first.
- Well, if yes, then you might just be a prospective air hostess or a flight steward.
- The Filipino cabin steward arrived with afternoon tea and dinner menus.
- Also, when I tried to retrieve my bag stored above the passengers seat, I was helped by a gentleman not by a steward or stewardess who just stood staring.
- I am happy to report that I wore the button, and that neither their passengers, cabin stewards, nor pilots were hysterical.
- According to a Maritime Union spokesman, the company should provide an extra steward once passenger numbers pass 500 but it has a history of leaving the ships short-handed.
Synonyms
flight attendant, cabin attendant, member of the cabin staff
stewardess, air hostess
North American informal stew
2A person responsible for supplies of food to a college, club, or other institution.
（大学、俱乐部等机构的）伙食管理员
Example sentencesExamples
- She is a steward aboard the ship that had been stationed off the coast of Iraq since early this year.
- He became a steward in the merchant navy, and was a trade union activist.
- The club steward ushered those left in the club down into the cellar.
- When he arrived, the large room was filled with people, ranging from the cook and the steward to the engineer and the linguist.
Synonyms
major-domo, seneschal, manciple
butler
3An official appointed to supervise arrangements or keep order at a large public event, for example a race, match, or demonstration.
（大型公共项目，例如赛跑、比赛或表演的）管事，干事
Example sentencesExamples
- The company which supplies the stewards has also apologised for the manner in which people were asked to leave.
- Following an inquiry, stewards disqualified him from both races and redistributed his purse earnings earlier this year.
- The cost of hiring four police officers and 15 trained stewards is expected to cost the group more than £1,000.
- We have very highly trained stewards, head stewards and safety officers, very many of whom are from a policing background.
- Then he is seen to be stepping back into the crowd, two or three deep, and is then seen pushing at club stewards.
- Some of them even approached the stewards to demand a recount but the stewards aren't a very forgiving bunch.
- Stewards suspended him for three months for failing to report the issue.
- Meanwhile the union is training 250 union stewards to provide counseling and help in directing laid-off workers to aid agencies.
- The stewards ruled that the race had been used as a schooling ground.
- Stewards had ruled that there was a causal link between the drug and the fatal breakdown.
- Track officials ordered the evacuation of a crowd of about 1,500 in the grandstand and, with two minutes to post time, the stewards ordered the third race cancelled.
- Tony's talents are not alone utilised for big games but he is a voluntary steward for club games all the year round.
- The stewards inquired into some close riding between the first pair on the run from the last.
- The stewards inquired into the performance of Grafton Style, which finished 11th in this contest.
- The centres have committees specialising in different forms of motor cycle sport and accredited stewards trained to consider race organisation, including the safety of riders and spectators.
- The club needs stewards to work at Palace home games.
- Each block elected a steward to make sure people knew what was going on.
- They use a lot of stewards - there is a steward on every entrance down to the concourses.
- When we attempted to train the stewards in the principles of popular education, we learned how hard it is for people who have been organizing for years to think of themselves as educators.
- It was the second time in just over three months that appeal stewards have overturned the findings of stipendiary stewards.
Synonyms
official, marshal, organizer
4
short for shop steward
5A person employed to manage another's property, especially a large house or estate.
管家
Example sentencesExamples
- The steward of his household sent messengers ahead to take word to the Ethiopian soldiers waiting in Nabatea for their sovereign to join him.
- He lived in the steward's house and owned most of the estate at Annaghmakerrig.
- But, in this case, it turns out Stewart is a good steward of her property.
- Landowners protected their interests by studying land law at the Inns of Court and by appointing qualified stewards to manage estates effectively.
- But it was when she retired that her ardour for history emerged, she joined the Richmond Society and began working as a steward at Ham House.
- More than 150 are trained house managers and stewards.
- She is an active member of the Guides Association, which she joined as a Guide Leader in 1985, and is a volunteer steward at Harewood House.
- Anyone interested in history could also help the Trust with its research into the many aspects of the property and there is always the opportunity to train as a house steward.
- If you were doing a light-hearted story about the lot of a property steward, and wanted to convey a bit of spontaneity, forget it.
- The house steward, Donald, picked up her baggage from rear of the carriage.
- In medieval Poland, Jewish estate stewards were often seen by the peasants as their direct exploiters rather than as the representatives of the feudal lords they really were.
- In fact, being steward of these properties is a huge financial liability.
- Members may know that under the manorial system, the bailiff, the steward, and the reeve were important officers.
- They do not have the vote when it comes to election of colony leaders such as minister, steward and farm manager.
- A good steward manages his owner's property well.
- Down on the lawn, she excused herself from the others and walked toward the tree that shaded her father and the steward.
- Domestic staff, including stewards and ladies in waiting who attended to the Queen Mother, will be given a special sneak preview of the restored 19th-century residence.
- If you can't get a rag out of somebody's garbage, the steward of any estate will give you something to cover your nakedness.
- Liset keeps accounts for two estates and two stewards.
- The steward and farm manager are nominated and voted into office by adult colony members.
Synonyms
(estate) manager, agent, overseer, custodian, caretaker
British land agent, bailiff
Scottish factor
historical reeve
1. 5.1British historical An officer of the royal household, especially an administrator of Crown estates.
  〈英，主史〉（尤指管理皇家财产的）皇室管家
  in titles Chief Steward of the Duchy of Lancaster
  兰开斯特领地的大管事。
  Example sentencesExamples
  He served as steward of the household to Edward IV and then to Richard III, who gave him the Garter.
  Although he begged for his life, Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester, a Knight of the Garter, a former steward of the royal household and a veteran of some of the fiercest battles of the French wars, was put to the axe.
  As an associate of Cardinal Beaufort, he became steward of Henry VI's household in 1432.
  Francis, the fifth Duke of Bedford had extensive estates in Bedfordshire and, in 1792, he appointed Farey as the land steward for his Woburn estates.
2. 5.2 A person whose responsibility it is to take care of something.
  管事，理事
  farmers pride themselves on being stewards of the countryside
  农夫们以自己是乡村管家而感到自豪。
  Example sentencesExamples
  You have been entrusted by the American people as stewards of the public airwaves.
  Instead, within one kingdom, God's people live as stewards of God's creation.
  Corporate agriculture is turning family and peasant farmers from stewards of the land into servants, or eradicating their livelihoods completely.
  We are indeed stewards of Creation, appointed as such by God.
  How are you a faithful steward of the gifts God has given you for the sake of the whole church?
  Religious communities are bringing out the dimension that we are stewards of the earth.
  With strong partners, we have an opportunity to create active stewards of our fragile coastal environment.
  We should see ourselves as stewards of the earth and not masters.
  As responsible stewards of the resources entrusted to us, we constantly re-evaluate our programs.
  These environmental stewards manage the forests with love for the environment and rational science to provide wood for our nation and a future for their children.
  Underlying it all is the desire to be good stewards of the land.
  Siva's devotees who are scientists are protectors of humanity and stewards of the Earth.
  He then put human beings throughout the world, giving them great power as stewards of all Creation.
  As a result, the students become informed stewards of this precious natural resource.
  We can make a difference in helping families become stewards of God's precious gift of time together.
  "Our hope is just to be good stewards of the land," he said.
  What he does not seem to be is the self-effacing steward, in a long line of self-effacing stewards, of the world's greatest newspaper.
  Our planet is to be honoured because it reflects something of our Maker and also because we are commanded to be responsible stewards.
  Such rapid growth also tests their mettle as stewards of the built environment.

verb ˈstjuːədˈst(j)uərd

[with object]

1(of an official) supervise arrangements or keep order at (a large public event)
（大型公共项目，例如赛跑、比赛或表演的）管事，干事
the event was organized and stewarded properly
那件事的组织和管理都很恰当。
Example sentencesExamples
- That's why these events need to be licensed and stewarded.
- That date allowed both events to take place, with a casual workforce likely to steward the festival.
- The village society is appealing for more volunteers to help steward the event, particularly people with knowledge of sound systems and amplification.
- The small charge is a contribution towards the costs of providing and stewarding the area.
- The route will be fully stewarded and clearly signposted throughout and there will be refreshment points on the route.
- So it was with this recently gained information that I found myself inside said giant tent, freezing to death stewarding a Greek concert.
- Kingston University's equal opportunities officer said students and volunteers would help steward the event.
- The 10k course, which passes through Croydon and Shirley, will be stewarded by members of Croydon Lions and Croydon Harriers.
- Anyone interested in stewarding, please forward their names to any officer of the club.
- The monthly event, stewarded by the cruisers themselves, aims at driving away the minority of troublemakers who race each other and perform dangerous, screeching wheelspins.
- Road Club members will be stewarding all access roads on the route and the co-operation of the public would be greatly appreciated.
- Thanks should also go to the two local councillors who helped the Community Association steward the event.
- My other half was stewarding at the London event and was happy by the way things were going when I spoke to him a couple of hours ago.
- Thanks to my pal Blake for stewarding all of this.
- Proceeds are ploughed back into the show, with some donations going to Bingley Rotary Club, which stewards the event.
2Manage or look after (another's property)
当…的管家
security is found in reparticipating in community and stewarding nature
Example sentencesExamples
- Increasingly, church leaders understand there is a higher degree of accountability for those of us who steward funds.
- Even if they did not quite trust him to steward their money, they trusted capable, honest Paul.
- It is true she has stewarded his estate well, building it into a fortune worth about #575 million.
- What if all other forms of capital were to be stewarded this way?
- A year ago, they made plans to leave it to the foundation which will steward the land.

Origin

Old English stīweard, from stig (probably in the sense 'house, hall') + weard 'ward'. The verb dates from the early 17th century.

Rhymes

leeward

Definition of steward in US English:

steward

nounˈst(y)o͞oərdˈst(j)uərd

1A person who looks after the passengers on a ship, aircraft, or train and brings them meals.
（轮船、飞机、火车的）乘务员
Example sentencesExamples
- We watched the passengers disembark, then asked the steward for shore passes.
- Arriving passengers greet their cabin stewards and table waiters like long-lost family friends with smiling handshakes, hugs and much backslapping.
- When I disembarked on my last cruise in December, I ran into the young man who had been our dining-room steward on the ship.
- Most of them were relegated to rear echelon positions or they were stewards on the boats or on the ships.
- Next the dining steward made our reservation for dinner.
- Dave works as a cabin crew air steward, but is hoping for a career as a commercial airline pilot.
- Instead, a steward will collect your cases once the ship has docked and will even help you pack.
- I am happy to report that I wore the button, and that neither their passengers, cabin stewards, nor pilots were hysterical.
- His father, a flight steward, held a light-aircraft pilot's licence and would take his son flying with him.
- The first-class passengers had padded seats and a steward to serve them.
- He asks the air steward for a coffee.
- The Filipino cabin steward arrived with afternoon tea and dinner menus.
- The dining car steward soon came by taking dinner reservations.
- Shortly after Hammond, the dining car steward came by to make dinner reservations.
- The former ship's steward even got a chance to pilot a canal boat.
- And then there were the night stewards, usually an older steward who had spent his entire career with the ship line.
- According to a Maritime Union spokesman, the company should provide an extra steward once passenger numbers pass 500 but it has a history of leaving the ships short-handed.
- Also, when I tried to retrieve my bag stored above the passengers seat, I was helped by a gentleman not by a steward or stewardess who just stood staring.
- Well, if yes, then you might just be a prospective air hostess or a flight steward.
- But as the pair were returning to York, a steward on the train asked them if they would wait for all other passengers to leave first.
Synonyms
flight attendant, cabin attendant, member of the cabin staff
2A person responsible for supplies of food to a college, club, or other institution.
（大学、俱乐部等机构的）伙食管理员
Example sentencesExamples
- He became a steward in the merchant navy, and was a trade union activist.
- She is a steward aboard the ship that had been stationed off the coast of Iraq since early this year.
- The club steward ushered those left in the club down into the cellar.
- When he arrived, the large room was filled with people, ranging from the cook and the steward to the engineer and the linguist.
Synonyms
major-domo, seneschal, manciple
3An official appointed to supervise arrangements or keep order at a large public event, for example a sporting event.
（大型公共项目，例如赛跑、比赛或表演的）管事，干事
Example sentencesExamples
- The centres have committees specialising in different forms of motor cycle sport and accredited stewards trained to consider race organisation, including the safety of riders and spectators.
- Then he is seen to be stepping back into the crowd, two or three deep, and is then seen pushing at club stewards.
- Track officials ordered the evacuation of a crowd of about 1,500 in the grandstand and, with two minutes to post time, the stewards ordered the third race cancelled.
- Tony's talents are not alone utilised for big games but he is a voluntary steward for club games all the year round.
- The stewards inquired into the performance of Grafton Style, which finished 11th in this contest.
- The club needs stewards to work at Palace home games.
- The company which supplies the stewards has also apologised for the manner in which people were asked to leave.
- The stewards inquired into some close riding between the first pair on the run from the last.
- We have very highly trained stewards, head stewards and safety officers, very many of whom are from a policing background.
- When we attempted to train the stewards in the principles of popular education, we learned how hard it is for people who have been organizing for years to think of themselves as educators.
- They use a lot of stewards - there is a steward on every entrance down to the concourses.
- Each block elected a steward to make sure people knew what was going on.
- It was the second time in just over three months that appeal stewards have overturned the findings of stipendiary stewards.
- Following an inquiry, stewards disqualified him from both races and redistributed his purse earnings earlier this year.
- The cost of hiring four police officers and 15 trained stewards is expected to cost the group more than £1,000.
- Meanwhile the union is training 250 union stewards to provide counseling and help in directing laid-off workers to aid agencies.
- Stewards suspended him for three months for failing to report the issue.
- The stewards ruled that the race had been used as a schooling ground.
- Stewards had ruled that there was a causal link between the drug and the fatal breakdown.
- Some of them even approached the stewards to demand a recount but the stewards aren't a very forgiving bunch.
Synonyms
official, marshal, organizer
4
short for shop steward
5A person employed to manage another's property, especially a large house or estate.
管家
Example sentencesExamples
- The steward of his household sent messengers ahead to take word to the Ethiopian soldiers waiting in Nabatea for their sovereign to join him.
- In fact, being steward of these properties is a huge financial liability.
- He lived in the steward's house and owned most of the estate at Annaghmakerrig.
- In medieval Poland, Jewish estate stewards were often seen by the peasants as their direct exploiters rather than as the representatives of the feudal lords they really were.
- Down on the lawn, she excused herself from the others and walked toward the tree that shaded her father and the steward.
- If you were doing a light-hearted story about the lot of a property steward, and wanted to convey a bit of spontaneity, forget it.
- If you can't get a rag out of somebody's garbage, the steward of any estate will give you something to cover your nakedness.
- Anyone interested in history could also help the Trust with its research into the many aspects of the property and there is always the opportunity to train as a house steward.
- The house steward, Donald, picked up her baggage from rear of the carriage.
- They do not have the vote when it comes to election of colony leaders such as minister, steward and farm manager.
- Domestic staff, including stewards and ladies in waiting who attended to the Queen Mother, will be given a special sneak preview of the restored 19th-century residence.
- Liset keeps accounts for two estates and two stewards.
- A good steward manages his owner's property well.
- Landowners protected their interests by studying land law at the Inns of Court and by appointing qualified stewards to manage estates effectively.
- The steward and farm manager are nominated and voted into office by adult colony members.
- More than 150 are trained house managers and stewards.
- Members may know that under the manorial system, the bailiff, the steward, and the reeve were important officers.
- But, in this case, it turns out Stewart is a good steward of her property.
- She is an active member of the Guides Association, which she joined as a Guide Leader in 1985, and is a volunteer steward at Harewood House.
- But it was when she retired that her ardour for history emerged, she joined the Richmond Society and began working as a steward at Ham House.
Synonyms
manager, estate manager, agent, overseer, custodian, caretaker
1. 5.1 A person whose responsibility it is to take care of something.
  管事，理事
  farmers pride themselves on being stewards of the countryside
  农夫们以自己是乡村管家而感到自豪。
  Example sentencesExamples
  What he does not seem to be is the self-effacing steward, in a long line of self-effacing stewards, of the world's greatest newspaper.
  He then put human beings throughout the world, giving them great power as stewards of all Creation.
  As responsible stewards of the resources entrusted to us, we constantly re-evaluate our programs.
  Underlying it all is the desire to be good stewards of the land.
  Instead, within one kingdom, God's people live as stewards of God's creation.
  With strong partners, we have an opportunity to create active stewards of our fragile coastal environment.
  Siva's devotees who are scientists are protectors of humanity and stewards of the Earth.
  Such rapid growth also tests their mettle as stewards of the built environment.
  Religious communities are bringing out the dimension that we are stewards of the earth.
  Our planet is to be honoured because it reflects something of our Maker and also because we are commanded to be responsible stewards.
  Corporate agriculture is turning family and peasant farmers from stewards of the land into servants, or eradicating their livelihoods completely.
  We can make a difference in helping families become stewards of God's precious gift of time together.
  "Our hope is just to be good stewards of the land," he said.
  You have been entrusted by the American people as stewards of the public airwaves.
  These environmental stewards manage the forests with love for the environment and rational science to provide wood for our nation and a future for their children.
  We should see ourselves as stewards of the earth and not masters.
  How are you a faithful steward of the gifts God has given you for the sake of the whole church?
  We are indeed stewards of Creation, appointed as such by God.
  As a result, the students become informed stewards of this precious natural resource.

verbˈst(y)o͞oərdˈst(j)uərd

[with object]

1(of an official) supervise arrangements or keep order at (a large public event)
（大型公共项目，例如赛跑、比赛或表演的）管事，干事
the event was organized and stewarded properly
那件事的组织和管理都很恰当。
Example sentencesExamples
- Thanks to my pal Blake for stewarding all of this.
- Proceeds are ploughed back into the show, with some donations going to Bingley Rotary Club, which stewards the event.
- The 10k course, which passes through Croydon and Shirley, will be stewarded by members of Croydon Lions and Croydon Harriers.
- The monthly event, stewarded by the cruisers themselves, aims at driving away the minority of troublemakers who race each other and perform dangerous, screeching wheelspins.
- Thanks should also go to the two local councillors who helped the Community Association steward the event.
- The route will be fully stewarded and clearly signposted throughout and there will be refreshment points on the route.
- Road Club members will be stewarding all access roads on the route and the co-operation of the public would be greatly appreciated.
- My other half was stewarding at the London event and was happy by the way things were going when I spoke to him a couple of hours ago.
- Kingston University's equal opportunities officer said students and volunteers would help steward the event.
- The small charge is a contribution towards the costs of providing and stewarding the area.
- That date allowed both events to take place, with a casual workforce likely to steward the festival.
- The village society is appealing for more volunteers to help steward the event, particularly people with knowledge of sound systems and amplification.
- So it was with this recently gained information that I found myself inside said giant tent, freezing to death stewarding a Greek concert.
- Anyone interested in stewarding, please forward their names to any officer of the club.
- That's why these events need to be licensed and stewarded.
2Manage or look after (another's property).
当…的管家
Example sentencesExamples
- What if all other forms of capital were to be stewarded this way?
- A year ago, they made plans to leave it to the foundation which will steward the land.
- It is true she has stewarded his estate well, building it into a fortune worth about #575 million.
- Increasingly, church leaders understand there is a higher degree of accountability for those of us who steward funds.
- Even if they did not quite trust him to steward their money, they trusted capable, honest Paul.

Origin

Old English stīweard, from stig (probably in the sense ‘house, hall’) + weard ‘ward’. The verb dates from the early 17th century.

词汇	steward
释义	Definition of steward in English: steward noun ˈstjuːədˈst(j)uərd 1A person employed to look after the passengers on a ship, aircraft, or train. （轮船、飞机、火车的）乘务员 Example sentencesExamples The dining car steward soon came by taking dinner reservations. Shortly after Hammond, the dining car steward came by to make dinner reservations. Next the dining steward made our reservation for dinner. Arriving passengers greet their cabin stewards and table waiters like long-lost family friends with smiling handshakes, hugs and much backslapping. The first-class passengers had padded seats and a steward to serve them. The former ship's steward even got a chance to pilot a canal boat. We watched the passengers disembark, then asked the steward for shore passes. When I disembarked on my last cruise in December, I ran into the young man who had been our dining-room steward on the ship. And then there were the night stewards, usually an older steward who had spent his entire career with the ship line. Dave works as a cabin crew air steward, but is hoping for a career as a commercial airline pilot. His father, a flight steward, held a light-aircraft pilot's licence and would take his son flying with him. Most of them were relegated to rear echelon positions or they were stewards on the boats or on the ships. Instead, a steward will collect your cases once the ship has docked and will even help you pack. He asks the air steward for a coffee. But as the pair were returning to York, a steward on the train asked them if they would wait for all other passengers to leave first. Well, if yes, then you might just be a prospective air hostess or a flight steward. The Filipino cabin steward arrived with afternoon tea and dinner menus. Also, when I tried to retrieve my bag stored above the passengers seat, I was helped by a gentleman not by a steward or stewardess who just stood staring. I am happy to report that I wore the button, and that neither their passengers, cabin stewards, nor pilots were hysterical. According to a Maritime Union spokesman, the company should provide an extra steward once passenger numbers pass 500 but it has a history of leaving the ships short-handed. Synonyms flight attendant, cabin attendant, member of the cabin staff stewardess, air hostess North American informal stew 2A person responsible for supplies of food to a college, club, or other institution. （大学、俱乐部等机构的）伙食管理员 Example sentencesExamples She is a steward aboard the ship that had been stationed off the coast of Iraq since early this year. He became a steward in the merchant navy, and was a trade union activist. The club steward ushered those left in the club down into the cellar. When he arrived, the large room was filled with people, ranging from the cook and the steward to the engineer and the linguist. Synonyms major-domo, seneschal, manciple butler 3An official appointed to supervise arrangements or keep order at a large public event, for example a race, match, or demonstration. （大型公共项目，例如赛跑、比赛或表演的）管事，干事 Example sentencesExamples The company which supplies the stewards has also apologised for the manner in which people were asked to leave. Following an inquiry, stewards disqualified him from both races and redistributed his purse earnings earlier this year. The cost of hiring four police officers and 15 trained stewards is expected to cost the group more than £1,000. We have very highly trained stewards, head stewards and safety officers, very many of whom are from a policing background. Then he is seen to be stepping back into the crowd, two or three deep, and is then seen pushing at club stewards. Some of them even approached the stewards to demand a recount but the stewards aren't a very forgiving bunch. Stewards suspended him for three months for failing to report the issue. Meanwhile the union is training 250 union stewards to provide counseling and help in directing laid-off workers to aid agencies. The stewards ruled that the race had been used as a schooling ground. Stewards had ruled that there was a causal link between the drug and the fatal breakdown. Track officials ordered the evacuation of a crowd of about 1,500 in the grandstand and, with two minutes to post time, the stewards ordered the third race cancelled. Tony's talents are not alone utilised for big games but he is a voluntary steward for club games all the year round. The stewards inquired into some close riding between the first pair on the run from the last. The stewards inquired into the performance of Grafton Style, which finished 11th in this contest. The centres have committees specialising in different forms of motor cycle sport and accredited stewards trained to consider race organisation, including the safety of riders and spectators. The club needs stewards to work at Palace home games. Each block elected a steward to make sure people knew what was going on. They use a lot of stewards - there is a steward on every entrance down to the concourses. When we attempted to train the stewards in the principles of popular education, we learned how hard it is for people who have been organizing for years to think of themselves as educators. It was the second time in just over three months that appeal stewards have overturned the findings of stipendiary stewards. Synonyms official, marshal, organizer 4 short for shop steward 5A person employed to manage another's property, especially a large house or estate. 管家 Example sentencesExamples The steward of his household sent messengers ahead to take word to the Ethiopian soldiers waiting in Nabatea for their sovereign to join him. He lived in the steward's house and owned most of the estate at Annaghmakerrig. But, in this case, it turns out Stewart is a good steward of her property. Landowners protected their interests by studying land law at the Inns of Court and by appointing qualified stewards to manage estates effectively. But it was when she retired that her ardour for history emerged, she joined the Richmond Society and began working as a steward at Ham House. More than 150 are trained house managers and stewards. She is an active member of the Guides Association, which she joined as a Guide Leader in 1985, and is a volunteer steward at Harewood House. Anyone interested in history could also help the Trust with its research into the many aspects of the property and there is always the opportunity to train as a house steward. If you were doing a light-hearted story about the lot of a property steward, and wanted to convey a bit of spontaneity, forget it. The house steward, Donald, picked up her baggage from rear of the carriage. In medieval Poland, Jewish estate stewards were often seen by the peasants as their direct exploiters rather than as the representatives of the feudal lords they really were. In fact, being steward of these properties is a huge financial liability. Members may know that under the manorial system, the bailiff, the steward, and the reeve were important officers. They do not have the vote when it comes to election of colony leaders such as minister, steward and farm manager. A good steward manages his owner's property well. Down on the lawn, she excused herself from the others and walked toward the tree that shaded her father and the steward. Domestic staff, including stewards and ladies in waiting who attended to the Queen Mother, will be given a special sneak preview of the restored 19th-century residence. If you can't get a rag out of somebody's garbage, the steward of any estate will give you something to cover your nakedness. Liset keeps accounts for two estates and two stewards. The steward and farm manager are nominated and voted into office by adult colony members. Synonyms (estate) manager, agent, overseer, custodian, caretaker British land agent, bailiff Scottish factor historical reeve 5.1British historical An officer of the royal household, especially an administrator of Crown estates. 〈英，主史〉（尤指管理皇家财产的）皇室管家 in titles Chief Steward of the Duchy of Lancaster 兰开斯特领地的大管事。 Example sentencesExamples He served as steward of the household to Edward IV and then to Richard III, who gave him the Garter. Although he begged for his life, Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester, a Knight of the Garter, a former steward of the royal household and a veteran of some of the fiercest battles of the French wars, was put to the axe. As an associate of Cardinal Beaufort, he became steward of Henry VI's household in 1432. Francis, the fifth Duke of Bedford had extensive estates in Bedfordshire and, in 1792, he appointed Farey as the land steward for his Woburn estates. 5.2 A person whose responsibility it is to take care of something. 管事，理事 farmers pride themselves on being stewards of the countryside 农夫们以自己是乡村管家而感到自豪。 Example sentencesExamples You have been entrusted by the American people as stewards of the public airwaves. Instead, within one kingdom, God's people live as stewards of God's creation. Corporate agriculture is turning family and peasant farmers from stewards of the land into servants, or eradicating their livelihoods completely. We are indeed stewards of Creation, appointed as such by God. How are you a faithful steward of the gifts God has given you for the sake of the whole church? Religious communities are bringing out the dimension that we are stewards of the earth. With strong partners, we have an opportunity to create active stewards of our fragile coastal environment. We should see ourselves as stewards of the earth and not masters. As responsible stewards of the resources entrusted to us, we constantly re-evaluate our programs. These environmental stewards manage the forests with love for the environment and rational science to provide wood for our nation and a future for their children. Underlying it all is the desire to be good stewards of the land. Siva's devotees who are scientists are protectors of humanity and stewards of the Earth. He then put human beings throughout the world, giving them great power as stewards of all Creation. As a result, the students become informed stewards of this precious natural resource. We can make a difference in helping families become stewards of God's precious gift of time together. "Our hope is just to be good stewards of the land," he said. What he does not seem to be is the self-effacing steward, in a long line of self-effacing stewards, of the world's greatest newspaper. Our planet is to be honoured because it reflects something of our Maker and also because we are commanded to be responsible stewards. Such rapid growth also tests their mettle as stewards of the built environment. verb ˈstjuːədˈst(j)uərd [with object] 1(of an official) supervise arrangements or keep order at (a large public event) （大型公共项目，例如赛跑、比赛或表演的）管事，干事 the event was organized and stewarded properly 那件事的组织和管理都很恰当。 Example sentencesExamples That's why these events need to be licensed and stewarded. That date allowed both events to take place, with a casual workforce likely to steward the festival. The village society is appealing for more volunteers to help steward the event, particularly people with knowledge of sound systems and amplification. The small charge is a contribution towards the costs of providing and stewarding the area. The route will be fully stewarded and clearly signposted throughout and there will be refreshment points on the route. So it was with this recently gained information that I found myself inside said giant tent, freezing to death stewarding a Greek concert. Kingston University's equal opportunities officer said students and volunteers would help steward the event. The 10k course, which passes through Croydon and Shirley, will be stewarded by members of Croydon Lions and Croydon Harriers. Anyone interested in stewarding, please forward their names to any officer of the club. The monthly event, stewarded by the cruisers themselves, aims at driving away the minority of troublemakers who race each other and perform dangerous, screeching wheelspins. Road Club members will be stewarding all access roads on the route and the co-operation of the public would be greatly appreciated. Thanks should also go to the two local councillors who helped the Community Association steward the event. My other half was stewarding at the London event and was happy by the way things were going when I spoke to him a couple of hours ago. Thanks to my pal Blake for stewarding all of this. Proceeds are ploughed back into the show, with some donations going to Bingley Rotary Club, which stewards the event. 2Manage or look after (another's property) 当…的管家 security is found in reparticipating in community and stewarding nature Example sentencesExamples Increasingly, church leaders understand there is a higher degree of accountability for those of us who steward funds. Even if they did not quite trust him to steward their money, they trusted capable, honest Paul. It is true she has stewarded his estate well, building it into a fortune worth about #575 million. What if all other forms of capital were to be stewarded this way? A year ago, they made plans to leave it to the foundation which will steward the land. Origin Old English stīweard, from stig (probably in the sense 'house, hall') + weard 'ward'. The verb dates from the early 17th century. Rhymes leeward Definition of steward in US English: steward nounˈst(y)o͞oərdˈst(j)uərd 1A person who looks after the passengers on a ship, aircraft, or train and brings them meals. （轮船、飞机、火车的）乘务员 Example sentencesExamples We watched the passengers disembark, then asked the steward for shore passes. Arriving passengers greet their cabin stewards and table waiters like long-lost family friends with smiling handshakes, hugs and much backslapping. When I disembarked on my last cruise in December, I ran into the young man who had been our dining-room steward on the ship. Most of them were relegated to rear echelon positions or they were stewards on the boats or on the ships. Next the dining steward made our reservation for dinner. Dave works as a cabin crew air steward, but is hoping for a career as a commercial airline pilot. Instead, a steward will collect your cases once the ship has docked and will even help you pack. I am happy to report that I wore the button, and that neither their passengers, cabin stewards, nor pilots were hysterical. His father, a flight steward, held a light-aircraft pilot's licence and would take his son flying with him. The first-class passengers had padded seats and a steward to serve them. He asks the air steward for a coffee. The Filipino cabin steward arrived with afternoon tea and dinner menus. The dining car steward soon came by taking dinner reservations. Shortly after Hammond, the dining car steward came by to make dinner reservations. The former ship's steward even got a chance to pilot a canal boat. And then there were the night stewards, usually an older steward who had spent his entire career with the ship line. According to a Maritime Union spokesman, the company should provide an extra steward once passenger numbers pass 500 but it has a history of leaving the ships short-handed. Also, when I tried to retrieve my bag stored above the passengers seat, I was helped by a gentleman not by a steward or stewardess who just stood staring. Well, if yes, then you might just be a prospective air hostess or a flight steward. But as the pair were returning to York, a steward on the train asked them if they would wait for all other passengers to leave first. Synonyms flight attendant, cabin attendant, member of the cabin staff 2A person responsible for supplies of food to a college, club, or other institution. （大学、俱乐部等机构的）伙食管理员 Example sentencesExamples He became a steward in the merchant navy, and was a trade union activist. She is a steward aboard the ship that had been stationed off the coast of Iraq since early this year. The club steward ushered those left in the club down into the cellar. When he arrived, the large room was filled with people, ranging from the cook and the steward to the engineer and the linguist. Synonyms major-domo, seneschal, manciple 3An official appointed to supervise arrangements or keep order at a large public event, for example a sporting event. （大型公共项目，例如赛跑、比赛或表演的）管事，干事 Example sentencesExamples The centres have committees specialising in different forms of motor cycle sport and accredited stewards trained to consider race organisation, including the safety of riders and spectators. Then he is seen to be stepping back into the crowd, two or three deep, and is then seen pushing at club stewards. Track officials ordered the evacuation of a crowd of about 1,500 in the grandstand and, with two minutes to post time, the stewards ordered the third race cancelled. Tony's talents are not alone utilised for big games but he is a voluntary steward for club games all the year round. The stewards inquired into the performance of Grafton Style, which finished 11th in this contest. The club needs stewards to work at Palace home games. The company which supplies the stewards has also apologised for the manner in which people were asked to leave. The stewards inquired into some close riding between the first pair on the run from the last. We have very highly trained stewards, head stewards and safety officers, very many of whom are from a policing background. When we attempted to train the stewards in the principles of popular education, we learned how hard it is for people who have been organizing for years to think of themselves as educators. They use a lot of stewards - there is a steward on every entrance down to the concourses. Each block elected a steward to make sure people knew what was going on. It was the second time in just over three months that appeal stewards have overturned the findings of stipendiary stewards. Following an inquiry, stewards disqualified him from both races and redistributed his purse earnings earlier this year. The cost of hiring four police officers and 15 trained stewards is expected to cost the group more than £1,000. Meanwhile the union is training 250 union stewards to provide counseling and help in directing laid-off workers to aid agencies. Stewards suspended him for three months for failing to report the issue. The stewards ruled that the race had been used as a schooling ground. Stewards had ruled that there was a causal link between the drug and the fatal breakdown. Some of them even approached the stewards to demand a recount but the stewards aren't a very forgiving bunch. Synonyms official, marshal, organizer 4 short for shop steward 5A person employed to manage another's property, especially a large house or estate. 管家 Example sentencesExamples The steward of his household sent messengers ahead to take word to the Ethiopian soldiers waiting in Nabatea for their sovereign to join him. In fact, being steward of these properties is a huge financial liability. He lived in the steward's house and owned most of the estate at Annaghmakerrig. In medieval Poland, Jewish estate stewards were often seen by the peasants as their direct exploiters rather than as the representatives of the feudal lords they really were. Down on the lawn, she excused herself from the others and walked toward the tree that shaded her father and the steward. If you were doing a light-hearted story about the lot of a property steward, and wanted to convey a bit of spontaneity, forget it. If you can't get a rag out of somebody's garbage, the steward of any estate will give you something to cover your nakedness. Anyone interested in history could also help the Trust with its research into the many aspects of the property and there is always the opportunity to train as a house steward. The house steward, Donald, picked up her baggage from rear of the carriage. They do not have the vote when it comes to election of colony leaders such as minister, steward and farm manager. Domestic staff, including stewards and ladies in waiting who attended to the Queen Mother, will be given a special sneak preview of the restored 19th-century residence. Liset keeps accounts for two estates and two stewards. A good steward manages his owner's property well. Landowners protected their interests by studying land law at the Inns of Court and by appointing qualified stewards to manage estates effectively. The steward and farm manager are nominated and voted into office by adult colony members. More than 150 are trained house managers and stewards. Members may know that under the manorial system, the bailiff, the steward, and the reeve were important officers. But, in this case, it turns out Stewart is a good steward of her property. She is an active member of the Guides Association, which she joined as a Guide Leader in 1985, and is a volunteer steward at Harewood House. But it was when she retired that her ardour for history emerged, she joined the Richmond Society and began working as a steward at Ham House. Synonyms manager, estate manager, agent, overseer, custodian, caretaker 5.1 A person whose responsibility it is to take care of something. 管事，理事 farmers pride themselves on being stewards of the countryside 农夫们以自己是乡村管家而感到自豪。 Example sentencesExamples What he does not seem to be is the self-effacing steward, in a long line of self-effacing stewards, of the world's greatest newspaper. He then put human beings throughout the world, giving them great power as stewards of all Creation. As responsible stewards of the resources entrusted to us, we constantly re-evaluate our programs. Underlying it all is the desire to be good stewards of the land. Instead, within one kingdom, God's people live as stewards of God's creation. With strong partners, we have an opportunity to create active stewards of our fragile coastal environment. Siva's devotees who are scientists are protectors of humanity and stewards of the Earth. Such rapid growth also tests their mettle as stewards of the built environment. Religious communities are bringing out the dimension that we are stewards of the earth. Our planet is to be honoured because it reflects something of our Maker and also because we are commanded to be responsible stewards. Corporate agriculture is turning family and peasant farmers from stewards of the land into servants, or eradicating their livelihoods completely. We can make a difference in helping families become stewards of God's precious gift of time together. "Our hope is just to be good stewards of the land," he said. You have been entrusted by the American people as stewards of the public airwaves. These environmental stewards manage the forests with love for the environment and rational science to provide wood for our nation and a future for their children. We should see ourselves as stewards of the earth and not masters. How are you a faithful steward of the gifts God has given you for the sake of the whole church? We are indeed stewards of Creation, appointed as such by God. As a result, the students become informed stewards of this precious natural resource. verbˈst(y)o͞oərdˈst(j)uərd [with object] 1(of an official) supervise arrangements or keep order at (a large public event) （大型公共项目，例如赛跑、比赛或表演的）管事，干事 the event was organized and stewarded properly 那件事的组织和管理都很恰当。 Example sentencesExamples Thanks to my pal Blake for stewarding all of this. Proceeds are ploughed back into the show, with some donations going to Bingley Rotary Club, which stewards the event. The 10k course, which passes through Croydon and Shirley, will be stewarded by members of Croydon Lions and Croydon Harriers. The monthly event, stewarded by the cruisers themselves, aims at driving away the minority of troublemakers who race each other and perform dangerous, screeching wheelspins. Thanks should also go to the two local councillors who helped the Community Association steward the event. The route will be fully stewarded and clearly signposted throughout and there will be refreshment points on the route. Road Club members will be stewarding all access roads on the route and the co-operation of the public would be greatly appreciated. My other half was stewarding at the London event and was happy by the way things were going when I spoke to him a couple of hours ago. Kingston University's equal opportunities officer said students and volunteers would help steward the event. The small charge is a contribution towards the costs of providing and stewarding the area. That date allowed both events to take place, with a casual workforce likely to steward the festival. The village society is appealing for more volunteers to help steward the event, particularly people with knowledge of sound systems and amplification. So it was with this recently gained information that I found myself inside said giant tent, freezing to death stewarding a Greek concert. Anyone interested in stewarding, please forward their names to any officer of the club. That's why these events need to be licensed and stewarded. 2Manage or look after (another's property). 当…的管家 Example sentencesExamples What if all other forms of capital were to be stewarded this way? A year ago, they made plans to leave it to the foundation which will steward the land. It is true she has stewarded his estate well, building it into a fortune worth about #575 million. Increasingly, church leaders understand there is a higher degree of accountability for those of us who steward funds. Even if they did not quite trust him to steward their money, they trusted capable, honest Paul. Origin Old English stīweard, from stig (probably in the sense ‘house, hall’) + weard ‘ward’. The verb dates from the early 17th century.
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