doen.

Brit.

/dəʊ/, U.S.

/doʊ/

Forms: Old English dá, Middle English–1500s do, (Middle English plural don), Middle English–1600s doo, Middle English–1500s Scottish and northern da, (1500s dooe, 1600s doa), 1500s– doe (Scottish dae).

Etymology: Old English dá is thought by some to be a contracted form, cognate with Old High German tâmo, dâmo weak masculine, Middle High German tâme, German dam- (in damhirsch, damwild), < Latin dāma, damma (feminine), sometimes masculine, fallow deer, buck, doe; but there are serious difficulties. See Pogatscher Gr. Lat. u. Rom. Lehnworte im Altengl. §302.

a. The female of the fallow deer; applied also to the female of allied animals, as the reindeer.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > family Cervidae (deer) > [noun] > female

hinda900

doec1000

bissec1450

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > types of deer > [noun] > genus Cervus > cervus dama (fallow deer) > female

doec1000

pricket's sister1657

c1000 Ælfric Gram. (Z.) 309 Damma, uel dammula, dâ.

a1200 Voc. Wr.-Wülc. 543 Do.

c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 393/12 To cachche hert and bocke and don.

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xxiii. 105 Hertez and hyndez, bukk and da.

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Prov. vi. 5 Be thou rauyschid as a doo fro the hond.

?c1475 Sqr. lowe Degre 324 Venyson freshe of bucke and do.

1597 A. Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae 21 The Hairt the Hynd, the Dae the Rae.

1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida iii. i. 113 For o loues bow. Shoots Bucke and Doe .

1609 Bible (Douay) I. Deut. xii. 15 Lawful to be offered, as the doa and the hart.

1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 127 He tooke it for a Doo, where it was more likely some..Chamoy.

1674 A. Cremer tr. J. Scheffer Hist. Lapland 130 These horns are proper only to the Buck [Reindeer], the Doe having much less and fewer branches.

1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake i. 7 Close in her covert cowered the doe.

1815 W. Wordsworth White Doe of Rylstone vii. 116 A Doe most beautiful, clear-white.

†b. Applied generically to both sexes, like Latin dāma. Hence doe-buck, a male deer. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > male > [noun]

hartc825

doe-buck?a1500

olen1591

stag1680

?a1500 Nominale (Yale Beinecke 594) in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 759 Hic damus, a dobuk. Hic vel hec dama, a doo.

2. The female of the hare or rabbit; sometimes dialect of other animals, e.g. the rat.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [noun] > family Leporidae > genus Oryctolagus (rabbit) > male or female

doe1607

buck-rabbit1838

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [noun] > family Leporidae > genus Lepus (hares) > lepus europaeus (hare) > female

doe1607

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 111 One that kept tame conies..had Does which littered three at a time, and within fourteene daies after, they littered foure more.

1736 Compl. Family-piece ii. i. 221 They are distinguished by the Names of Bucks and Does; and the Males are usually call'd Jack Hares.

1830 M. Donovan Domest. Econ. II. iii. 99 A doe, [rabbit] when suckling, will drink milk.

Compounds

attributive, as doe-buck, doe-cony, doe-deer, doe-eye (so doe-eyed adj.), doe-leather, doe-venison; made of doeskin n., as doe trousers.

ΚΠ

?a1500 Nominale (Yale Beinecke 594) in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 759 Hic damus, a dobuk. Hic vel hec dama, a doo.

1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. av Thay drive on the da deir be dalis & doun.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Rabolliere, a Rabbets neast; the hole wherein a Doe Conie keepeth her young ones.

1748 Philos. Trans. 1747 (Royal Soc.) 44 572 The Skin drew or stretch'd like a Piece of Doe-Leather.

1813 J. M. Good et al. Pantologia (at cited word) Doe venison is not equal in estimation with buck venison.

1844 Advt. in Illustr. London News 22 June 407/3 Plain doe trousers, 17/6.

1933 D. Thomas Let. in Sel. Lett. (1966) 75 A broad creature, not..to be confused with the slim, doe-eyed apparition of your green book.

1959 ‘J. R. Macdonald’ Galton Case (1960) ii. 17 The doe-eyed girl from the badminton court.

1959 Manch. Guardian 2 July 5/6 A certain tendency to doe-eyed sentimentality.

1963 N. Freeling Because of Cats iv. 64 Big wide doe-eyes nodded, yes.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	doe
释义	doen. Brit. /dəʊ/, U.S. /doʊ/ Forms: Old English dá, Middle English–1500s do, (Middle English plural don), Middle English–1600s doo, Middle English–1500s Scottish and northern da, (1500s dooe, 1600s doa), 1500s– doe (Scottish dae). Etymology: Old English dá is thought by some to be a contracted form, cognate with Old High German tâmo, dâmo weak masculine, Middle High German tâme, German dam- (in damhirsch, damwild), < Latin dāma, damma (feminine), sometimes masculine, fallow deer, buck, doe; but there are serious difficulties. See Pogatscher Gr. Lat. u. Rom. Lehnworte im Altengl. §302. 1. a. The female of the fallow deer; applied also to the female of allied animals, as the reindeer. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > family Cervidae (deer) > [noun] > female hinda900 doec1000 bissec1450 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > types of deer > [noun] > genus Cervus > cervus dama (fallow deer) > female doec1000 pricket's sister1657 c1000 Ælfric Gram. (Z.) 309 Damma, uel dammula, dâ. a1200 Voc. Wr.-Wülc. 543 Do. c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 393/12 To cachche hert and bocke and don. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xxiii. 105 Hertez and hyndez, bukk and da. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Prov. vi. 5 Be thou rauyschid as a doo fro the hond. ?c1475 Sqr. lowe Degre 324 Venyson freshe of bucke and do. 1597 A. Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae 21 The Hairt the Hynd, the Dae the Rae. 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida iii. i. 113 For o loues bow. Shoots Bucke and Doe . View more context for this quotation 1609 Bible (Douay) I. Deut. xii. 15 Lawful to be offered, as the doa and the hart. 1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 127 He tooke it for a Doo, where it was more likely some..Chamoy. 1674 A. Cremer tr. J. Scheffer Hist. Lapland 130 These horns are proper only to the Buck [Reindeer], the Doe having much less and fewer branches. 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake i. 7 Close in her covert cowered the doe. 1815 W. Wordsworth White Doe of Rylstone vii. 116 A Doe most beautiful, clear-white. †b. Applied generically to both sexes, like Latin dāma. Hence doe-buck, a male deer. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > male > [noun] hartc825 doe-buck?a1500 olen1591 stag1680 ?a1500 Nominale (Yale Beinecke 594) in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 759 Hic damus, a dobuk. Hic vel hec dama, a doo. 2. The female of the hare or rabbit; sometimes dialect of other animals, e.g. the rat. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [noun] > family Leporidae > genus Oryctolagus (rabbit) > male or female doe1607 buck-rabbit1838 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [noun] > family Leporidae > genus Lepus (hares) > lepus europaeus (hare) > female doe1607 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 111 One that kept tame conies..had Does which littered three at a time, and within fourteene daies after, they littered foure more. 1736 Compl. Family-piece ii. i. 221 They are distinguished by the Names of Bucks and Does; and the Males are usually call'd Jack Hares. 1830 M. Donovan Domest. Econ. II. iii. 99 A doe, [rabbit] when suckling, will drink milk. Compounds attributive, as doe-buck, doe-cony, doe-deer, doe-eye (so doe-eyed adj.), doe-leather, doe-venison; made of doeskin n., as doe trousers. ΚΠ ?a1500 Nominale (Yale Beinecke 594) in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 759 Hic damus, a dobuk. Hic vel hec dama, a doo. 1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. av Thay drive on the da deir be dalis & doun. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Rabolliere, a Rabbets neast; the hole wherein a Doe Conie keepeth her young ones. 1748 Philos. Trans. 1747 (Royal Soc.) 44 572 The Skin drew or stretch'd like a Piece of Doe-Leather. 1813 J. M. Good et al. Pantologia (at cited word) Doe venison is not equal in estimation with buck venison. 1844 Advt. in Illustr. London News 22 June 407/3 Plain doe trousers, 17/6. 1933 D. Thomas Let. in Sel. Lett. (1966) 75 A broad creature, not..to be confused with the slim, doe-eyed apparition of your green book. 1959 ‘J. R. Macdonald’ Galton Case (1960) ii. 17 The doe-eyed girl from the badminton court. 1959 Manch. Guardian 2 July 5/6 A certain tendency to doe-eyed sentimentality. 1963 N. Freeling Because of Cats iv. 64 Big wide doe-eyes nodded, yes. 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