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Devon is a county in the southwest of England, known for green countryside and for holidays. It holds the high, wild land of Dartmoor and part of National Park, and many visitors come for the coast as well as the moors.
Devon is a county in the southwest of EnglandDevon是英格蘭西南部的一個郡, known for green countryside and for holidays以綠色鄉間和渡假聞名。It holds the high, wild land of Dartmoor它境內有達特穆爾這片高聳荒野 and part of Exmoor National Park還有一部分的埃克斯穆爾國家公園, and many visitors come for the coast as well as the moors很多遊客是為了海岸和荒原而來
Two products are especially tied to it: very thick cream (the cream you put on with jam — a cream tea) and cider, the alcoholic drink made from apples. Exeter is the county town; Plymouth is a large city on the sea.
Two products are especially tied to it有兩樣產品特別跟它有關: very thick cream非常濃稠的奶油 (the cream you put on scones with jam — a cream tea)就是配果醬抹在司康上的那種奶油,也就是cream tea and cider, the alcoholic drink made from apples還有蘋果酒cider,用蘋果釀的含酒精飲料。Exeter is the county townExeter是這個郡的郡治; Plymouth is a large city on the seaPlymouth是濱海的一座大城市
You say it DEV-un, not de-VON.
You say it DEV-un唸法是DEV-un, not de-VON不是de-VON
Though actually older writing often says Devonshire, and you still meet that in “Devonshire cream.” There is also a stretch of Earth history called the Devonian, named because rocks of that age were studied in Devon. Write it with a capital D: it is a place, not a common noun.
Though actually不過其實 older writing often says Devonshire比較舊的寫法常常寫成Devonshire, and you still meet that in "Devonshire cream"現在還會在「Devonshire cream」這個說法裡看到。There is also a stretch of Earth history called the Devonian地球歷史上也有一段時期叫做Devonian(泥盆紀), named because rocks of that age were studied in Devon之所以這樣命名是因為那個年代的岩石是在Devon被研究的。Write it with a capital D寫的時候要大寫D: it is a place, not a common noun因為它是地名,不是普通名詞
組成From Old English Defenas, a name for the people who lived there and, in the same breath, for their land — a common old English habit: name the place after the people.
同家族的字
- Devonianthe people of Devon, and also a period of Earth’s history named from rocks studied there
- Devonshirethe older English name for the same county, still heard in food names like Devonshire cream
原始詞典資料18 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Devonname/ˈdɛv.ən/
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A county of England bordered by Cornwall, Somerset, Dorset, the Bristol Channel and the English Channel.
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A river in Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire, England, a tributary to the Trent.
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A river in Clackmannanshire council area and Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland, a tributary of the Forth.
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A place in Canada:
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A settlement in Gauteng province, South Africa.
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An English earldom.
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A male given name transferred from the place name, or a variant of Devin.
- "Is that his real name?" I asked, touching the corner of the picture. "Devil?" "I named him Devon James Jordan, but my oldest―my girl Sheena―she had trouble saying Devon and it came out Devil, and that stuck […]"
- Devon Dunham of Hardeeville was found not guilty of murder in the shooting death of 77-year-old Ernest Stevens after a two-day trial May 25-27, the 14th Circuit Solicitor's Office said.
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A female given name transferred from the place name, of modern American usage.
- ETHAN: She's good and sweet and let me tell you somethng I've learned about myself, Dor— Darb? — Derf? — / DEVON: Devon. Just like Kevin. / ETHAN: Devon. Devon. Kevin, Devon, Kevin. Let me tell you something I've learned about myself...Devon.
- According to the attorney general’s office, Special Assistant Attorney General Devon Flanagan was arrested. She has worked for the office for about seven years and is currently assigned to the Appellate Unit of the Criminal Division.
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A surname.
Devonnoun/ˈdɛv.ən/
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One of a breed of hardy cattle originating in Devon, England.
devonnoun/ˈdɛvən/
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A type of processed meat sausage.
- Initial suspicions pointed at both food and water, narrowing down after a while to fritz (devon, as it is known in some states), a popular, bland, processed meat.
- Elsewhere the Roy Slaven signature range of smallgoods – marketed with the shout-out line, ‘Roy: still doing things with meat butchers only dream of!’ − has captured the imagination of an increasingly time-poor community looking for top-shelf short cuts in cuisine solutions. When I last looked, Roy had personally signed nearly 5.9 million salamis, chorizos and devon logs this year.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。