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Latin Contraction Doff Don Dominus Sense 6272.Don 英

正面 6272.don
英 [dɒn]

背面
释义:
n. 先生,阁下;指导教师,大学教师vt. 穿上n. (Don)人名;(缅)顿;(英)唐(男子教名Donald 的昵称)
例句:
1. If you're not satisfied with the life you're living, don't just complain. Do something about it.对于现况的不满,不能只是抱怨,要有勇气作出改变。

contraction of do on (see doff).
don 学究,穿上1.学究,来自拉丁语dominus, 主,上帝,词源同domain. 学生俚语。 2.穿上,来自do on, do,放置。
dondon: see doffdon (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."

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