n.[C]

1. 建筑师；设计师
   Tom is the architect of this building.

   汤姆是该建筑的设计师。

2. 【喻】缔造者，创造者
   He was one of the architects of the republic.

   他是这个共和国的缔造者之一。

n.

1. a person who designs buildings and supervises their construction.
2. a person responsible for the invention or realization of something.

v.