单词 | dont |
释义 | don'tn. A prohibition; an injunction not to do something. Usually in plural. Frequently coupled with do: see do n.1 4. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > prohibition > [noun] > a prohibition forbodea1000 nayc1390 negativec1400 restraint1439 non1551 countermandment1560 countermand1581 estoppel1583 forbid1602 embarment1606 embargo1692 don'ta1826 forbiddance1855 a1826 R. Tyler Island of Barrataria in Four Plays (1941) ii. ii. 16 Let him proceed then directly, & be done with his do & his donts. 1894 Daily News 23 Nov. 5/3 The plan gets rid of many ‘don'ts’. 1902 ‘Stancliffe’ (title) Golf do's and don'ts. 1929 D. H. Lawrence Pansies 48 (title of poem) Don'ts. 1944 Living off Land: Man. Bushcraft vi. 125 In looking after a snake bite patient.., remember the three ‘dont's’. 1996 Rotarian Oct. 15/1 Here's a ‘don't’ from hundreds of turns on the lecture circuit. 2003 C. Lewis Dict. Playground Slang 83 Someone who has not yet moved on from plaid and other fashion don'ts. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). don'tv. rare. intransitive. To say ‘don't’ to a person, to impose prohibitions. Also transitive: to impose prohibitions on (a person). Chiefly in continuous tenses. Also as verbal noun. ΚΠ 1855 J. Allen in Lect. Ladies Pract. Subj. 206 It is an old rule, Don't be always don'ting. 1902 Educ. Apr. 461 It has changed the ideals and practices of child discipline from restriction to direction; from negation to positivity; from prohibition to suggestiveness; from don'ting to doing. 1943 Dr Shelton's Hygienic Rev. Dec. 76/2 Don't be ‘don'ting’ the baby all the time. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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