curate¹

/ˈkjʊərət/

n.

(also assistant curate) a member of the clergy engaged as assistant to a parish priest.

▸archaic a minister with pastoral responsibility.

curate's egg
Brit. something that is partly good and partly bad. [from a cartoon in Punch (1895) depicting a meek curate who, given a stale egg when dining with the bishop, assures his host that ‘parts of it are excellent’.]

ME: from med. L. curatus, from L. cura ‘care’.

curate²

/kjʊ(ə)ˈreɪt/

v.

select, organize, and look after the items in (a collection or exhibition).

C19: back-form. from curator.

以上來源於：《簡明牛津英語詞典》