Doric names the oldest and plainest of the three famous Greek styles of stone building. (The other two you will meet later are Ionic and Corinthian.) A Doric column is thick and strong-looking. The top — the capital — is a simple round cushion, with no leaves or curls.

Doric names用來指稱 the oldest and plainest of the three famous Greek styles of stone building三種著名希臘石造建築風格裡最古老、最樸素的一種。（The other two you will meet later are Ionic and Corinthian.)（另外兩種你之後會學到，是Ionic愛奧尼克式和Corinthian科林斯式。） A Doric column一根Doric柱子 is thick and strong-looking看起來又粗又壯。The top — the capital頂端，也就是柱頭—— is a simple round cushion是一個簡單的圓形墊狀造型，with no leaves or curls沒有葉飾或捲曲花紋。

You see that look on old Greek temples, and later on banks, museums, and government buildings that wanted to look serious and ancient. Architects and art teachers still say “Doric” when they mean that style. It is a rather formal, specialist word: you meet it in class, in a guidebook, or in history, not in the playground.

You see that look你會在 on old Greek temples古希臘神廟上看到這種樣子，and later on banks, museums, and government buildings以及後來想要看起來莊重古老的銀行、博物館、和政府建築上that wanted to look serious and ancient也看得到。Architects and art teachers建築師和藝術老師 still say "Doric"仍然會說「Doric」 when they mean that style來指這種風格時。It is a rather formal, specialist word它是個相當正式、專門的詞：you meet it你會 in class在課堂上、in a guidebook在導覽手冊裡、or in history或歷史書裡遇到它，not in the playground而不是在遊樂場裡。

Write it with a capital D when you mean the Greek style, as you would for a name. Though actually, the same spelling can also mean an old kind of Greek speech, and in Scotland people use Doric for a local way of speaking — those are other uses. Here we mean the building style, named after the Dorians, one of the Greek peoples.

Write it用大寫D來寫 with a capital D when you mean the Greek style當你指的是這種希臘風格時，as you would for a name就像寫一個專有名詞一樣。Though actually不過其實，the same spelling同樣的拼法 can also mean an old kind of Greek speech也可以指一種古老的希臘語言，and in Scotland而在蘇格蘭 people use Doric for a local way of speaking人們會用Doric指當地的一種方言——those are other uses這些是它的其他用法。Here we mean the building style這裡我們指的是建築風格，named after the Dorians是以Dorians（多利安人）命名的，one of the Greek peoples多利安人是希臘的一支民族。

Athenians once looked down on the Dorians as rustic, a bit “country”; that old attitude is probably why the word later stretched to “plain, country speech.” But the building sense is the simple, heavy column.

Athenians雅典人 once looked down on the Dorians as rustic曾經看不起多利安人，覺得他們很鄉土，a bit "country"有點「土氣」；that old attitude這種舊有的態度 is probably why the word later stretched to "plain, country speech."大概就是這個字後來延伸出「樸素的鄉下口音」意思的原因。But the building sense但建築上的意思 is the simple, heavy column依然是那種簡單厚重的柱子。