单词 | nota bene |
释义 | nota beneint.n. A. int. ‘Note well’, ‘observe carefully’, ‘take special notice’.Frequently used in written text to draw attention to what follows. Now more usually written in the abbreviated form N.B.: see N.B. int. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attention > attracting attention > call for attention [interjection] loOE lookOE heya1225 halec1300 notac1392 what hoc1405 yoa1475 behold1535 hist1599 nota benea1721 see1863 psst1875 a1721 M. Prior Daphne & Apollo in Misc. Wks. (1740) I. 11 Next, Nota Bene, you shall never rove. 1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure I. 18 A lady..sitting in a corner of the room, dress'd in a velvet manteel (nota bene, in the midst of summer). 1767 W. Meston Man & his Mare in Poet. Wks. 145 This backward blast and tempest, Nota Bene, wreck'd all the South-sea Flota. 1863 C. Reade Hard Cash I. i. 35 Like an animal frequently mentioned in Scripture; but, nota bene, never once with approbation. 1897 B. Stoker Dracula xxiii. 313 Nota bene, in Madam's telegram he went south. 1985 D. Harvey in D. Gregory & J. Urry Social Relations & Spatial Structures vii. 156 But, nota bene, capitalism can open up considerable breathing-space for its own survival. 2001 N.Y. Post (Nexis) 6 Nov. 30 A quasi-public entity that, nota bene, has the legal authority to condemn and purchase property. B. n. An instance of the written comment ‘nota bene’; an indication that something is to be noted well; (also) something which should be noted well or observed carefully. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written character > punctuation > [noun] > asterisks, etc. stara1382 crossc1400 windmill1402 asterisk1612 N.B.1651 asterisma1657 nota bene1738 1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. p. xi I..set down..certain Marks, Asterisks, or Nota-bene's (in English, Markwell's) after most Questions, and every Reply or Answer. 1782 F. Douglas Birth-day i. 16 Now, in the rear, he marks their motions, And minutes down their late promotions; With Nota Benes, Hows and Whys. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. vii. 109 The rubrick, with an emphatic nota bene. 1873 Overland Monthly July 55/2 Making a nota bene which I give for the public good—never get into a jar, unless you intend to be pickled. 1945 S. O' Casey Drums Under Windows in Autobiogr. (1980) I. 631 The P.M.'s lady was horridly scribbling a nota-bene. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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