don

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /dɒn/    美 /dɑn/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A university professor, particularly one at Oxford or Cambridge. UK
    — No one feeds at the high table except the dons and the gentlemen-commoners, who are undergraduates in velvet caps and silk gowns[.]
  2. An employee of a university residence who lives among the student residents. Canada
  3. A mafia boss, especially one who is Italian or Italian-American.
  4. A (usually Spanish or Italian) title of respect to a man, especially a lord or nobleman.
    — Wo often of an evening go and hear the band in the square opposite the captin-giniral’s palace—it is here were the dons and donnas and all the fashionables assemble, and I must say it’s amusing.
  5. Any man, bloke, dude. Multicultural-London-English
    — I’m confused like who’s this don .22 bells and that who’s on
动词 v.
  1. To put on clothing; to dress (oneself) in an article of personal attire. transitive
    — To don one's clothes.

词形变化

dons plural dons present,singular,third-person donning participle,present donned participle,past donned past

词汇关系

衍生词
don hand donnish donnism donny donship
相关词
donzel

词源

词源 1
From Latin dominus (“lord, head of household”), akin to Italian don, Sicilian don, Spanish don; from domus (“house”). Doublet of dom, domine, dominie, and dominus.
词源 2
From Middle English don (“to put on”), from Old English dōn on; equivalent to do + on. Compare also doff, dup, dout.
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