don
noun /dɒn/
/dɑːn/
- (British English) a teacher at a university, especially or Cambridge
(尤指牛津大学和剑桥大学的)大学教师 - an don
牛津大学教师
- an don
- (often used as a title
) a Spanish gentleman常用作头衔 唐: 西班牙绅士- She imagined a Spanish don living here in the 1800s.
她想象19世纪有一个西班牙人住在这里。 - Don Jose
唐·何塞
- She imagined a Spanish don living here in the 1800s.
- (informal) the leader of a group of criminals involved with the Mafia
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词源noun early 16th cent. (referring to a Spanish title which came before a male first name): from Spanish, from Latin dominus ‘lord, master’.