核心畫面

The noun don pictures a man of rank you address with respect — it comes from the Spanish/Italian title Don, from Latin dominus 'lord, master'.

可以想成:don 這個名詞背後是一位「有身份、值得用敬稱稱呼的人物」——它本來就是西班牙、義大利對男士的尊稱 Don更多收起可以想成:don 這個名詞背後是一位「有身份、值得用敬稱稱呼的人物」——它本來就是西班牙、義大利對男士的尊稱 Don,往上接拉丁文 dominus(主人、大人)。

From the word’s history

The noun comes from Spanish/Italian Don (a respectful title), from Latin dominus 'lord, master' — so both the Oxford scholar and the Mafia boss rest on one picture: a man of standing who calls the shots.

名詞 don 來自西班牙/義大利的尊稱 Don,源頭是拉丁文 dominus「主人、大人」。所以不管是牛津的老學究還是黑幫老大,底層畫面都是「一位有地位、說了算的人」。

etymonline.com/word/don (noun from Spanish/Italian Don, from Latin dominus 'lord, master'; verb from 'do on')

原始詞典資料17 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。

DONnoun

  • 1

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Donname詞源 1/dɒn/

  • 1

    A diminutive of the male given names Donald, Donovan, or Gordon.

    • The bill, which lawmakers approved in a 211-206 vote, now moves to the Republican-led Senate for consideration. One Republican, Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska, voted with Democrats Thursday against the measure.

Donname詞源 2/dɒn/

  • 1

    A river, the fifth-longest in Europe, in Tula, Lipetsk, Voronezh, Volgograd and Rostov Oblasts, Russia, flowing 1160 miles to the Sea of Azov.

    • Thence they marched againſt Orna, a Port Towne on the Riuer Don, where were many Gazarians, Alanians, Ruſſians, and Saracens, which he drowned with the Riuer running through the Citie, turning it out of the chanell.

Donname詞源 3/dɒn/

  • 1

    A river in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, United Kingdom, flowing 62 miles to the North Sea at Aberdeen.

  • 2

    A river in South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, on which Doncaster is situated.

  • 3

    A minor river in Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom, which joins the Tyne at Jarrow.

  • 4

    A river in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, named after the River Don in Yorkshire.

  • 5

    A locality in the City of Devonport, Tasmania, Australia.

Donname詞源 4/dɒn/

  • 1

    A surname.

donnoun詞源 1/dɒn/

  • 1

    A university professor, particularly one at Oxford or Cambridge.

    • No one feeds at the high table except the dons and the gentlemen-commoners, who are undergraduates in velvet caps and silk gowns[.]
    • The truth is, unless a man can get the prestige and income of a Don and write donnish books, it’s hardly worth while for him to make a Greek and Latin machine of himself and be able to spin you out pages of the Greek dramatists at any verse you’ll give him as a cue.
  • 2

    An employee of a university residence who lives among the student residents.

  • 3

    A mafia boss, especially one who is Italian or Italian-American.

  • 4

    A (usually Spanish or Italian) title of respect to a man, especially a lord or nobleman.

    • Wo often of an evening go and hear the band in the square opposite the captin-giniral’s palace—it is here were the dons and donnas and all the fashionables assemble, and I must say it’s amusing.
    • Time was when the walker amid California vales could stop at some cool cellar hid in these western hills and pour from great flagons a shimmering glass of cool red wine. Nowadays, the hand of the law has stepped in and spoiled all this, because the hordes of wanderers who have come west have made of these resting places questionable resorts—made of them places that the Spanish dons and donnas never dreamed of.
  • 5

    Any man, bloke, dude.

    • I’m confused like who’s this don .22 bells and that who’s on

donverb詞源 2/dɒn/

  • 1

    To put on clothing; to dress (oneself) in an article of personal attire.

    • To don one's clothes.
    • Now when he had reached the King's capital wherein was Alaeddin, he alighted at one of the Kháns; and, when he had rested from the weariness of wayfare, he donned his dress and went down to wander about the streets, where he never passed a group without hearing them prate about the pavilion and its grandeur and vaunt the beauty of Alaeddin and his lovesomeness, his liberality and generosity, his fine manners and his good morals.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。