Celtic masc. proper name, ultimately from Greek eugenes "well-born;" via Gaelic Eòghann, Old Irish Eogán, Old Welsh Eugein, Ougein. In Medieval records, frequently Latinized as Eugenius; the form Eugene emerged in Scotland by late 12c. The Breton form Even led to modern French Ivain. Owenite in reference to the communistic system of social reformer Robert Owen (1771-1858) is attested from 1829.
雙語例句
1. Owen was against it, on the grounds of expense.
歐文因費(fèi)用問題對(duì)此表示反對(duì)。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The Shropshire landscape was an influence on Owen too.
什羅普郡的風(fēng)景也對(duì)歐文產(chǎn)生了影響。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Owen had the habit of staring motionlessly at his interlocutor.