- 1顯著的、值得一提的
Notable means important, interesting, excellent, or unusual enough that people notice it and may mention it. A notable change, a notable exception, a notable writer. It is weaker than famous: you can be notable in one town or one subject without everyone knowing your name. It is stronger than just 'easy to see'. You will meet it more in writing and news than in very casual talk, where people often say big, important, or famous instead. There is also a noun: a notable, or the notables, meaning an important person — a little old and formal. Though actually an older English note meaning 'use, profit' once fed some senses, so old pages can use notable more like 'useful'; you will almost never need that now. The 'worth noticing' meaning is the one that lived.
From the word’s history
From Middle English notable, from Anglo-Norman, from Latin notābilis 'noteworthy', from notō 'to note, mark'.
源自拉丁文 notābilis「值得注意的」，來自 notō「記下」。
組成From Latin notābilis, 'worth marking', from notō, 'to note, to mark'. In English it also sits as note + -able. Some older senses came from Middle English note, 'benefit, use', plus -able.
原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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。
notableadj/ˈnəʊtəbl̩/
- 1
Worthy of note; remarkable; memorable; noted or distinguished.
- [...] how sayest thou, that my master is become a notable lover?
- 2
Easily noted (without connotations of value); clearly noticeable, conspicuous.
- A notable lubber, as thou reportest him to be.
- 3
That can be observed; perceptible.
- Dyslexia is most notable in children who are unable to focus on their assignments.
- Another most notable change concerns rolling stock liveries. Back then, corporate Rail Blue was omnipresent, whereas now there is a kaleidoscope of colours and styles.
- 4
archaicIndustrious, energetic; (specifically) (usually of a woman) capable, efficient in household management.
- During his residence abroad, his concerns at home were managed by his mother Hester, an active and notable woman.
- Hester looked busy and notable with her gown pinned up behind her, and her hair all tucked away under a clean linen cap; […]
- 5
obsoleteUseful; profitable.
- Your honourable Uncle Sir Robert Manſell, who is now in the Mediterranean, hath been very notable to me, and I ſhall ever acknowledge a good part of my education from him.
notablenoun/ˈnəʊtəbl̩/
- 1
A person or thing of distinction.
- July 16 1875, Carl Schurz, letter to W. M. Grosvenor What we ought to have, in my opinion, is a meeting of notables—men whose names will be of weight with the country and who can be depended upon to agree to an independent course.
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