marche-doncn.

Brit.

/ˈmɑːʃdɒŋk/, U.S.

/ˈmɑrʃˌdɔŋk/,

/ˈmɑrʃˌdɑŋk/, Canadian English

/ˈmɑrʃˌdɒŋk/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French marche donc.

Etymology: < French marche donc, command to horses to walk on (18th cent. or earlier) < marche , 2nd singular imperative of marcher (see march v.²) + donc, lit. ‘then, therefore’, used as intensifying particle (980 in Old French as dunc) < post-classical Latin dunc (recorded in undated inscriptions of the imperial period; either a blend of classical Latin dum, intensifying particle, and tunc then, or perhaps < classical Latin dōnique, extended form of dōnec while, until).

Canadian (chiefly in French-speaking Canada).

†1. A caleche, a cart. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > cart or wagon for conveying goods > [noun] > types of > cart (usually two-wheeled)

cart1297

marche-donc1799

gambo1836

1799 I. Weld Trav. N. Amer. (1800) xxviii. 248 From the frequent use made by the drivers of these words, the calashes have received a nick-name of ‘marche-doncs’.

1847 G. W. Featherstonhaugh Canoe Voy. Minnay Sotor I. xii. 102 At the door of the church I found several charettes, or little waggons,..each of them drawn by one horse, and all without seats. In some of them half-a-dozen respectably dressed females squatted themselves down with their children, a male in front driving the marche donc.

2. A driver of a caleche or cart. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1845 F. Tolfrey Sportsman in Canada II. 133 Marche donc is a sobriquet bestowed on all Habitans from their vehement and invariable ejaculation of the words when applied to their ponies as an incentive to increased speed.

1850 J. J. Bigsby Shoe & Canoe I. 173 And the narrow Norman carts of the ‘marche-doncs’, as their drivers are nicknamed, from their perpetual use of that ‘cry’ to their cattle.

1916 O. D. Skelton Railway Builders 20 [The] driver, or marche-donc, usually exceeded this rate.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	marche-donc
释义	marche-doncn. Brit. /ˈmɑːʃdɒŋk/, U.S. /ˈmɑrʃˌdɔŋk/, /ˈmɑrʃˌdɑŋk/, Canadian English /ˈmɑrʃˌdɒŋk/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French marche donc. Etymology: < French marche donc, command to horses to walk on (18th cent. or earlier) < marche , 2nd singular imperative of marcher (see march v.²) + donc, lit. ‘then, therefore’, used as intensifying particle (980 in Old French as dunc) < post-classical Latin dunc (recorded in undated inscriptions of the imperial period; either a blend of classical Latin dum, intensifying particle, and tunc then, or perhaps < classical Latin dōnique, extended form of dōnec while, until). Canadian (chiefly in French-speaking Canada). †1. A caleche, a cart. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > cart or wagon for conveying goods > [noun] > types of > cart (usually two-wheeled) cart1297 marche-donc1799 gambo1836 1799 I. Weld Trav. N. Amer. (1800) xxviii. 248 From the frequent use made by the drivers of these words, the calashes have received a nick-name of ‘marche-doncs’. 1847 G. W. Featherstonhaugh Canoe Voy. Minnay Sotor I. xii. 102 At the door of the church I found several charettes, or little waggons,..each of them drawn by one horse, and all without seats. In some of them half-a-dozen respectably dressed females squatted themselves down with their children, a male in front driving the marche donc. 2. A driver of a caleche or cart. Now rare. ΚΠ 1845 F. Tolfrey Sportsman in Canada II. 133 Marche donc is a sobriquet bestowed on all Habitans from their vehement and invariable ejaculation of the words when applied to their ponies as an incentive to increased speed. 1850 J. J. Bigsby Shoe & Canoe I. 173 And the narrow Norman carts of the ‘marche-doncs’, as their drivers are nicknamed, from their perpetual use of that ‘cry’ to their cattle. 1916 O. D. Skelton Railway Builders 20 [The] driver, or marche-donc, usually exceeded this rate. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1799
随便看	uninflected uninflectedness uninflicted uninfluenceable uninfluenced uninfluencing uninfluencive uninfluential uninfluentiality uninformative uninformatively uninformed uninforming uninfringeable uninfringed uning uningenious uningenuity uningenuous uningenuously uningenuousness uninhabit uninhabitable uninhabitableness uninhabited