locum
n.临时代理
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locum为短语/超纲词汇
locum
/'ləʊkəm; `lokəm/
n (also fml 正规作 ,locum `tenens / 5ti:nenz, 5tenenz; `tinZnz/) deputy acting for a doctor or priest in his absence (医生或牧师的)临时代理人
*When they are on holiday the work of doctors is often done by locums. 医生度假时, 他们的工作常由代理医生负责.
locum
n[C]BrE
[Date: 1900-2000; Origin: locum tenens 'someone who takes someone else's place for a time' C17- 21), from Latin, 'holding the place']
a doctor or priest who does another doctor's or priest's work while they are on holiday, ill etc