這個拼法底下其實是2個不同的字,意思沒有關係, 只是長得一樣。下面分開列出來。跳到 auxiliary (questions/negatives) · musical note (doh)
do
aux, n, v唸法不同同樣的拼法,這個字的唸法跟另一個不一樣。/duː/
核心畫面
do = to put an action into the world. The most general 'action verb' there is: whenever a person carries out some activity, task or piece of work, that activity is what they 'do'. It is the bare verb for making something happen by acting.
可以想成 do 是英文裡最空、最萬用的「動作動詞」:只要有人把某個行為、活動或工作付諸實行,那件被做出來的事就是他在…更多收起
可以想成 do 是英文裡最空、最萬用的「動作動詞」:只要有人把某個行為、活動或工作付諸實行,那件被做出來的事就是他在 do 的事。它本身不指定是哪種動作,像一個空格子,等著後面的受詞(homework、the dishes、business)來填,告訴你到底做了什麼。正因為它這麼空,才能伸到後面那麼多用法去。A second word, same spelling
do
n唸法不同同樣的拼法,這個字的唸法跟另一個不一樣。/dəʊ/
核心畫面
do = the first note of the do-re-mi singing scale, the syllable you sing to name that pitch. A separate word from the action verb 'do' — it only happens to share the spelling; it comes from the names singers give to musical notes.
可以想成這個 do 跟「做事」的 do 完全是兩個字,只是剛好同樣拼法。它是唱名 do-re-mi-fa-so 裡的…更多收起
可以想成這個 do 跟「做事」的 do 完全是兩個字,只是剛好同樣拼法。它是唱名 do-re-mi-fa-so 裡的第一個音,唱譜時用來喊那個音高的音節(也拼成 doh)。它的來源是音樂裡替音符取的名字,和動作的 do 沒有關係。原始詞典資料55 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。
DOnoun
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a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
doverb詞源 1/də/
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A syntactic marker.
- Do you go there often?
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A syntactic marker.
- I do not go there often.
- Do not listen to him.
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A syntactic marker.
- But I do go sometimes.
- Do tell us.
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A syntactic marker.
- I play tennis; she does too.
- Likes her cappuccino, Mary does. (UK, colloquial)
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informalA syntactic marker.
- Do I just call every number on the list each time?
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dialectalA syntactic marker.
- ...An' the dogs do bark, an' the rooks be a-vled to the elems high and dark, an' the water do roar at mill.
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To perform; to execute.
- If you want something done, do it yourself.
- All you ever do is surf the Internet. What will you do this afternoon?
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obsoleteTo cause or make (someone) (do something).
- And also my lorde abbot of westmynster ded do shewe to me late, certayn euydences wryton in olde englysshe […];
- Sometimes to do him laugh, ſhe would aſſay / To laugh at ſhaking off the leaues light, / Or to behold the water worke […]
另外 31 個記錄的用法
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To suffice.
- make it do or do without
- it’s not the best broom, but it will have to do; this will do me, thanks.
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To be reasonable or acceptable.
- It simply will not do to have dozens of children running around such a quiet event.
- At last you spot a tempura stand. Not quite what you had in mind, but it'll do.
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To have (as an effect).
- The fresh air did him some good.
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To fare, perform (well or poorly).
- Our relationship isn't doing very well; how do you do?
- Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field.
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To fare, perform (well or poorly).
- A big framed beast takes a lot of food — expensive food at that [—] to keep it doing […]
- That farm would go like a rick a-fire. It would do: it would go forward and prosper and make him his money.
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To have as one's job.
- What does Bob do? — He's a plumber.
- "What did you do in the States?" I asked him. "National Security Agency."
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To perform the tasks or actions associated with (something).
- Don't forget to do your report!
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To cook.
- I'll just do some eggs.
- It seemed, from his account, that he was very good at doing scrambled eggs.
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To travel in or through, to tour, to make a circuit of.
- Let’s do New York also.
- We 'did' London to our hearts' content,—thanks to Fred and Frank,—and were sorry to go away; […]
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To treat in a certain way.
- They did me well, I assure you—uncommon well: Bollinger of '84; green chartreuse fit for a prince; […]
- Upon my word, although he [my host] certainly did me uncommonly well, I began to feel I'd be more at ease among the bushmen.
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To work for or on, by way of caring for, looking after, preparing, cleaning, keeping in order, etc.
- The woman-who-did did not do very well, Juliet thought.
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obsoleteTo act or behave in a certain manner; to conduct oneself.
- Vnto this day they doe after the former manners: they feare not the Lord, neither doe they after their Statutes, or after their Ordinances, or after the Law and Commaundement which the Lord commaunded the children of Iacob, whom hee named Iſrael,[…]
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To spend (time) in jail. (See also do time)
- I did five years for armed robbery.
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To impersonate or depict.
- They really laughed when he did Clinton, with a perfect accent and a leer.
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To copy or emulate the actions or behaviour that is associated with the person or thing mentioned.
- He did a Henry VIII and got married six times.
- He was planning to do a 9/11.
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slangTo kill.
- Case pulled the .22 out of his pocket and levelled it at Wage's crotch. “I hear you wanna do me.”
- About a year ago, a boy name Brandon got got here in Baltimore. Stuck and burned before he passed. […] Wasn't no need for y'all to do him the way y'all did.
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slangTo deal with for good and all; to finish up; to undo; to ruin; to do for.
- Sometimes they lie in wait in these dark streets, and fracture his skull, […] or break his arm, or cut the sinew of his wrist; and that they call doing him.
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informalTo punish for a misdemeanor.
- He got done for speeding.
- Teacher'll do you for that!
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slangTo have sex with. (See also do it)
- Deme[trius]. Villaine vvhat haſt thou done? / A[aron]. That vvhich thou canſt not vndoe. / Chiron. Thou haſt vndone our mother. / Aron. Villaine I haue done thy mother.
- […] one day I did her on the kitchen table, and several times on the dining-room table.
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slangTo have sex with. (See also do it)
- I got horny from his nudes and ended up doing myself to them.
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To cheat or swindle.
- That guy just did me out of two hundred bucks!
- He was not to be done, at his time of life, by frivolous offers of a compromise that might have secured him seventy-five per cent.
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To convert into a certain form; especially, to translate.
- the novel has just been done into English; I'm going to do this play into a movie
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To finish.
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businessfinanceTo cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note.
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informalTo make or provide.
- Could you do me a burger with mayonnaise instead of ketchup?
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informalTo provide as a service.
- Do they do haircuts there?
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informalTo injure (one's own body part).
- "Defender Kolo Toure admitted Given will be a loss, but gave his backing to Nielsen. 'I think he's done his shoulder,' said the Ivorian."
- "Watto will spend the entire winter stretching and doing Pilates, and do a hamstring after bending down to pick up his petrol cap after dropping it filling his car at Caltex Cronulla."
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To take (a drug).
- I do cocaine.
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To exist with a purpose or for a reason.
- What's that car doing in our swimming pool?
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informalTo drive a vehicle at a certain speed, especially in regard to a speed limit.
- He was doing 50 [miles per hour] in a school zone.
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To perform something suggested by a following noun, verb, or adjective.
- did a listen do someone a frighten doing her a cute
- Is your significant other doing you a heckin distress?
donoun詞源 1/də/
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informalA party, celebration, social function; usually of moderate size and formality.
- We’re having a bit of a do on Saturday to celebrate my birthday.
- She was into French cuisine but I ain't no Cordon Bleu / This was at some do in Palmers Green, I had no luck with her
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Something that can or should be done.
- Don’t forget the dos and don’ts.
- With the coming of Monday arrived a new life for David—a curious life full of "don'ts" and "dos."
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obsoleteSomething that has been done.
- "How come you quit?" "I'm moving to London." "Fair dos."
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archaicAdo; bustle; stir; to-do; A period of confusion or argument.
- A great deal of do, and a great deal of trouble.
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obsoleteslangA cheat; a swindler.
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obsoleteslangAn act of swindling; a fraud or deception.
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slangA homicide.
- Get it done, no not properly Them man thought that they got me True, I came back like a fucking zombie Attempted do with the ching Have an opp boy say “please don’t chong me!”
donoun詞源 2/dəʊ/
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entertainmentlifestylemusicA syllable used in solfège to represent the first and eighth tonic of a major scale.
donum詞源 4/dəʊ/
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The cardinal number occurring after el and before do one in a duodecimal system. Written 10, decimal value 12.
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。