As the American girl passed the office, the padrone bowed from his desk.

那个美国太太经过办公室时，店主在写字台那头向她哈哈腰。

The padrone made her feel very small and at the same time really important.

这个店主让她觉得自己十分渺小，却又十分重要。

Sinatra became a padrone of the music business, a singular achievement among his peers.

辛纳屈成为音乐界的掌舵人，这在他的同龄人中是一项非凡的成就。