canon

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
发音 kăn'ən

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A generally accepted principle; a rule. countable,uncountable
    — The trial must proceed according to the canons of law.
  2. Obsolete spelling of canyon. alt-of,obsolete
    — [page 247:] the most wonderful depressions, gorges, canons, or valleys ever discovered. [page 249:] Some two miles on we come to where the three canons begin. [page 329:] the Canons of the Colorado River. This gave Moran his subject for a second painting, which he called the "Grand Chasm of the Colorado" [...]
  3. Alternative spelling of cannon (“weapon”). alt-of,alternative,obsolete
  4. Alternative spelling of qanun. alt-of,alternative
  5. A type of clergymember serving a cathedral or collegiate church.
    — The records show that in the early 960s the cathedral at Winchester was administered by a group of canons, every one of whom was married.
  6. A generally accepted principle; a rule.; A formally codified set of criteria deemed mandatory for a particular artistic style of figurative art. countable,uncountable
    — the Canon of Polykleitos
  7. Alternative spelling of cannon (“a carom in billiards”). alt-of,alternative
  8. A canon regular, a member of any of several Roman Catholic religious orders.
  9. A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field. countable,uncountable
    — Russo had been working as a salesman, selling Great Books of the Western World, hawking the canon to the rubes.
  10. The works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic. countable,uncountable
    — the entire Shakespearean canon
  11. A eucharistic prayer, particularly the Roman Canon. countable,uncountable
  12. A religious law or body of law decreed by the church. countable,uncountable
    — We must proceed according to canon law.
  13. A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church. countable,uncountable
  14. In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order. countable,uncountable
  15. A piece of music in which the same melody is played by different voices, but beginning at different times; a round. countable,uncountable
    — Pachelbel’s Canon has become very popular.
  16. A rent or stipend payable at some regular time, generally annual, e.g., canon frumentarius Roman,countable,uncountable
    — The lessees of public lands had to pay a perpetual rent or "canon" at some periodical time.
  17. The officially recognized continuity, events, characters, relationships, etc. of a work of fiction. slang,uncountable
    — A spin-off book series revealed the aliens to be originally from Earth, but it's not canon.
  18. Alternative form of cannon (“rolled and filleted loin of meat”). alt-of,alternative,countable,uncountable
    — a canon of beef or lamb
  19. A large size of type formerly used for printing the church canons, standardized as 48-point. dated,uncountable
  20. The part of a bell by which it is suspended; the ear or shank of a bell. countable,uncountable
形容词 adj.
  1. Clipping of canonical. abbreviation,alt-of,clipping,slang
    — The franchise's book spinoff is usually not considered canon.

词形变化

canons plural canons plural more canon comparative most canon superlative canons plural canons plural canons plural

词汇关系

衍生词
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词源

词源 1
From Middle English canoun, from Old French canon and Old English canon, both from Latin canōn, from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn, “measuring rod, standard”), akin to κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Semitic (compare Hebrew קָנֶה (qane, “reed”) and Arabic قَنَاة (qanāh, “reed”)). Doublet of qanun. See also cane, cannon, canyon, canal.
词源 2
From Middle English canoun, ultimately from Latin canonicus (either by shortening or back-formation from Old English canonic, or via Old Northern French canoine).
词源 3
From Spanish cañón, spelling it without the diacritics.
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