- 1老大、頭頭、大老闆（口語）。別對成「班長」——那是日文／中文來源，不是英文現在的意思
A honcho is a casual word for the person in charge — the boss who really runs a business, a job, or a team. English speakers often say head honcho, the top person. You will hear it in American talk and in films, not in a contract or a school essay. It feels a little playful, even when the person is powerful. Though actually, it is not an old English invention: it comes from Japanese hanchō, a squad leader, and that Japanese word came from Chinese 班長. American soldiers brought it into English around the Second World War. That story is true, but in English today it does not mean a class monitor.
組成From Japanese 班長 (hanchō, “squad leader”), from Mandarin 班長 (bānzhǎng, “team leader”). Probably entered English during World War II.
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
honchonoun/ˈhɑn.t͡ʃoʊ/
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informalBoss, leader.
- Says they had no choice. Says the NVA killed the old honcho when he said no. Now he says all the rice is theirs.
- For years, snobbery has been a hallmark of this city of wealth and glamour, movie stars and entertainment honchos, where it is possible to spend $20,000 for a watch, $6,000 for a suit with 14-karat gold pinstriping or $15,000 for a handbag of rare leather.
honchoverb/ˈhɑn.t͡ʃoʊ/
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informalTo lead or manage.
- I had never honchoed that many people so even something as simple as ordering them to knead dough or fondant became an important decision.
- The task of choosing the clips that comprised the allotted 10 minutes in the bake-off was left to the supervising sound editor, as it was he or she who honchoed the preparation of the soundtrack for the rerecording mixing stage in the first place.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。