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Doughty means brave and determined — the kind of person who keeps going and does not back down. It is an old, , slightly story-like word. You meet it in writing about heroes, soldiers, or stubborn people, and sometimes in a warm or slightly teasing way: “our doughty captain.” It does not sound like everyday speech; a friend would more often say brave, tough, or determined.
Doughty這個字 means意思是 brave and determined勇敢且堅定 — the kind of person who keeps going and does not back down那種一直堅持、不輕易退縮的人。You meet it in writing about heroes, soldiers, or stubborn people你會在寫英雄、士兵,或固執人物的文章裡遇到它, and sometimes in a warm or slightly teasing way有時候用法溫暖又帶點調侃: "our doughty captain."像「我們那位勇猛的隊長」 It does not sound like everyday speech它聽起來不像日常口語; a friend would more often say brave, tough, or determined朋友之間比較常說 brave、tough,或 determined。
It is a compliment, not a joke about doubt. Though actually, it is easy to misread because it looks a little like doubt, but it has nothing to do with being unsure.
It is是 a compliment一種稱讚, not a joke about doubt不是在拿 doubt(懷疑)開玩笑。Though actually不過, it is easy to misread很容易被誤讀 because it looks a little like doubt因為它長得有點像 doubt, but it has nothing to do with being unsure但它跟「不確定」一點關係都沒有。
There is a rare noun use, “a doughty” for such a person, taken from the adjective, but almost all real uses are the describing word.
There is有 a rare noun use一個少見的名詞用法, "a doughty"「a doughty」 for such a person指這樣的人, taken from the adjective是從形容詞借來的, but almost all real uses are the describing word但實際上幾乎都是當形容詞用。
組成From Middle English doughty, from Old English dohtig / dyhtig (“strong, able, brave”), from Proto-West Germanic *duhtīg. It can be split as dought + -y, but dought is not a living everyday English word now.
原始詞典資料5 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。
Doughtyname
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A surname transferred from the nickname.
doughtyadj/ˈdaʊti/
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archaicliteraryBold; brave, courageous.
- Hurriedly he snatched up others, one or two at a time, until he had slaughtered thirty of Hrothgar's doughtiest earls.
- [S]he [Edwina, mother of Tennessee Williams] was indeed Amanda [Wingfield, character in Williams's play The Glass Menagerie] in the flesh: a doughty chatterbox from Ohio who adopted the manner of a Southern belle and eschewed both drink and sex to the greatest extent possible.
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archaicliteraryRobust, sturdy; strong and perhaps stout.
- Aye, here's a ship of doughty build and strong: But not for lads like you to sail to port.
- One can imagine the enthusiasm with which this young man in his thirties, and not the fat and doughty Quakerish-looking gentleman usually portrayed in the popular picture of Penn as Proprietor, must have entered upon this great adventure.
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Catachresis for dowdy.
doughtynoun/ˈdaʊti/
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archaicrareA person who is bold or brave.
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。