名詞 beadle:

1. a minor parish official who serves as an usher and preserves order at services
2. United States biologist who discovered how hereditary characteristics are transmitted by genes (1903-1989)
   同義詞：George Beadle, George Wells Beadle

bea.dle

n.（名詞）
A minor parish official formerly employed in an English church to usher and keep order during services.
教區(qū)助理人員：昔日被英國(guó)教會(huì)雇傭來(lái)在小教區(qū)教堂禮拜時(shí)，引人入座、維持秩序的人

來(lái)源：
Middle English bedel [herald] from Old English bydel
中古英語(yǔ) bedel [使者，傳令官] 源自 古英語(yǔ) bydel
and from Old French bedel from Medieval Latin bedellus from Old High German butil * see bheudh-
并源自 古法語(yǔ) bedel 源自 中世紀(jì)拉丁語(yǔ) bedellus 源自 古高地德語(yǔ) butil *參見(jiàn) bheudh-