doe

名词 n. 动词 v. 副词 adv.
中文释义
英 /dəʊ/    美 /doʊ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A female deer; also used of similar animals such as antelope (less commonly a goat, as nanny is also used). countable,uncountable
    — A doe from round a spruce stood looking at them Across the wall, as near the wall as they. She saw them in their field, they her in hers.
  2. A female fallow deer. countable,specifically,uncountable
  3. A female rabbit or hare. countable,uncountable
  4. A female squirrel. countable,uncountable
  5. A female kangaroo. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. Obsolete spelling of do. alt-of,obsolete
    — As salutations, reverences, or conges, by which some doe often purchase the honour, (but wrongfully) to be humble, lowly, and courteous[…].
副词 adv.
  1. though Multicultural-London-English,not-comparable

词形变化

doe plural does plural does present,singular,third-person doing participle,present doth participle,present did past didde past done participle,past

词汇关系

衍生词
blue doe doe-eyed doe eyes doelike doeling doe party doeskin doey

词源

From Middle English do (“(female) fallow deer”), from Old English dā, from Proto-West Germanic *daihā (“female deer, mother deer”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck (milk), to suckle”).
Cognate with Middle Scots da, dae (“female fallow deer”), Danish då (“fallow deer”), Sanskrit धेनु (dhenú, “cow, milk-cow”), Old English dēon (“to suckle”), Old English delu (“teat”). Related also to female, filial, fetus.
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