boon
名词 n.
形容词 adj.
英文释义
名词 n.
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A good thing; a thing to be thankful for or to appreciate duly.
— Near-synonyms: gift; blessing, benefit; see also Thesaurus:gift
- The woody portion of flax, separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching.
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That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift or benefaction.
— I gave you life. Can you not return the boon by giving me death, my lord?
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A prayer; petition.
— The wofull husbandman doth lowd complaine, / To ſee his whole yeares labor loſt ſo ſoone, / For which to God he made ſo many an idle boone.
- An unpaid service due by a tenant to his lord.
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A blessing, typically a supernatural power, granted to an ascetic by a god or goddess.
— A telling story is that of Vikra, who, after practicing severe tapas for many years, called on Śiva, asking him to grant the boon that whosoever's head he would touch, that person would die instantly.
形容词 adj.
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Gay; merry; jovial; convivial.
— Greedily ſhe ingorg’d without restraint, / And knew not eating Death: Satiate at length, / And hight’nd as with Wine, jocond and boon, / Thus to herſelf ſhe pleaſingly began.
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Kind; bountiful; benign.
— With mazie error under pendant ſhades / Ran Nectar, viſiting each plant, and fed /Flours worthy of Paradiſe which not nice Art / In Beds and curious Knots, but Nature boon / Powrd forth profuſe on Hill and Dale and Plaine, / […]
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Good; prosperous.
— boon voyage
词汇关系
词源
词源 1
From Middle English boon (“prayer”), from Old Norse bón (“prayer, petition”), from Proto-Germanic *bōniz (“supplication”), influenced by boon (“good, favorable”, adjective). Doublet of ben; see there for more.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der.?
Proto-Italic *dwenos
Old Latin duenos
Old Latin duonus
Latin bonus
Old French bon
Old Northern French boonbor.
Middle English boon
English boon
From Middle English boon, bone, borrowed from Old Northern French boon, from Old French bon (“good”), from Latin bonus (“good”), from Old Latin duonus, dvenos, from Proto-Indo-European *dū- (“to respect”).
Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der.?
Proto-Italic *dwenos
Old Latin duenos
Old Latin duonus
Latin bonus
Old French bon
Old Northern French boonbor.
Middle English boon
English boon
From Middle English boon, bone, borrowed from Old Northern French boon, from Old French bon (“good”), from Latin bonus (“good”), from Old Latin duonus, dvenos, from Proto-Indo-European *dū- (“to respect”).
词源 3
From Middle English bone (“reed, stem, husk”), akin to or alteration of Old English bune (“reed; drinking cup”).
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