/ˈʃæpərəʊn ||; ˈʃæpəˌron/noun [C] in the past, an older person, usually a woman, who went to public places with a young woman who was not married, to look after her and to make sure that she behaved correctly 年长女伴（指旧时在社交场合陪伴未婚少女，确保其言行合乎规范的妇女，一般年岁略长） chaperone verb [T]