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/ˈsɜːrneɪm/ · /ˈsɜːneɪm/
The name that you share with the rest of your family, and that a woman sometimes takes from her husband when she marries. In English it comes at the end of your full name.
姓;姓氏
複數 surnames
核心畫面
The part of your name that is not just yours — it is the family's, shared by everyone in it. In English it sits at the end, after the name your parents chose for you alone.
可以想成 surname 是「名字裡屬於整個家的那一半」:first name 是只給你一個人的,surname 則…更多收起
可以想成 surname 是「名字裡屬於整個家的那一半」:first name 是只給你一個人的,surname 則是全家共用的那個名,也可能因為結婚而換成配偶那邊的。英文的排法跟中文相反——中文的姓在前(王小明的「王」),英文的姓擺在最後(Emma Watson 的 Watson),表格上寫 surname 或 last name 要填的就是它。原始詞典資料6 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。
surnamenoun/ˈsɜːˌneɪm/
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The portion of a person's name that is generally hereditary or treated as an indicator of a person's family, which may be shared with other members of the family, or otherwise derived from their names in some fashion; distinguished from that person's given name(s).
- James is my first name, and Smith is my surname.
- In late yeeres Surnames have beene given for Christian names among vs, and no where else in Christendom.
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obsoleteSynonym of epithet, an additional name, particularly those derived from a birthplace, quality, or achievement.
- Barsabas (whose syrname was Iustus).
- My sirname is Peace-Maker, one that is but poorely regarded in England.
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obsoleteSynonym of nickname, an additional name given to a person, place, or thing, a byname.
- I have before declared that Baal was the Sun, and Baal Peor, a sirname, from a particular place of his worship.
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The cognomen of Roman names.
surnameverb/ˈsɜːˌneɪm/
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To give a surname to.
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To call by a surname.
- “Lord,” said Sir Launcelot, “I am hight Launcelot, and am surnamed ‘He of the Lake.’”
- The man, surnamed Hsieh (謝), was arrested in the city’s Jhonghe District (中和) on Friday afternoon, after investigators combed through surveillance video footage a day earlier, police said.
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。