名詞 prefect:

1. a chief officer or chief magistrate

1. The residence or housing of a prefect.
   古羅馬或法國(guó)高級(jí)官員的住宅或房屋

pre.fect

n.（名詞）
A high administrative official or chief officer, as:
長(zhǎng)官：高級(jí)行政官員或首要軍官，如：
Any of several high military or civil officials in ancient Rome.
古羅馬的高級(jí)文武官員
The chief of police of Paris, France.
法國(guó)巴黎的警察局長(zhǎng)
A chief administrative official of a department of France.
法國(guó)政府部門(mén)的首要行政官員
The administrator in charge of discipline at a Jesuit school.
耶穌會(huì)學(xué)校里負(fù)責(zé)教規(guī)戒律的行政官員
A student monitor or officer, especially in a private school.
教務(wù)長(zhǎng)，院長(zhǎng)：尤指私立學(xué)校中的學(xué)生班長(zhǎng)或官員

來(lái)源：
Middle English
中古英語(yǔ)
from Old French
源自 古法語(yǔ)
from Latin praefectus [from past participle of] praeficere [to place at the head of]
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) praefectus [] 源自praeficere的過(guò)去分詞 [置于…前]
prae- [pre-]
prae- [前綴，表.先于.]
facere [to make] * see dhô-
facere [使…] *參見(jiàn) dhô-