don
英 [d?n]
- n. 先生，閣下；指導教師，大學教師
- vt. 穿上
- n. (Don)人名；(緬)頓；(英)唐(男子教名Donald 的昵稱)
助記提示
contraction of do on (see doff).
中文詞源
don 學究，穿上1.學究，來自拉丁語dominus, 主，上帝，詞源同domain. 學生俚語。
2.穿上，來自do on, do，放置。
英文詞源
- don
- don: see doff
- don (n.)
- 1520s, from Spanish or Portuguese don, title of respect, from Latin dominus "lord, master." The university sense is c. 1660, originally student slang; underworld sense is 1952, from Italian don, from Late Latin domnus, from Latin dominus (see domain). The fem. form is Dona (Spanish/Portuguese), Donna (Italian).
- don (v.)
- early 14c. contraction of do on (see doff). "After 1650 retained in popular use only in north. dialect; as a literary archaism it has become very frequent in 19th c." [OED]. Related: Donned; donning.
雙語例句
- 1. If you're not satisfied with the life you're living, don't just complain. Do something about it.
- 對于現(xiàn)況的不滿，不能只是抱怨，要有勇氣作出改變。
來自金山詞霸 每日一句
- 2. I don't want any more of that heavy stuff.
- 我再也不想碰那種麻煩事了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Don't worry. We'll have you out of here double-quick.
- 別擔心，我們會很快把你從這兒弄出去的。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. I don't see the point in it really. It's just stupid.
- 我真的不理解這到底有什么意義，簡直是愚蠢透頂。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. I really don't see any reason for changing it.
- 我真的不明白為什么要改變它。
來自柯林斯例句