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单词 done
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Definition of done in English:

done

verb dʌndən
  • past participle of do
adjective dʌndən
  • 1(of food) cooked thoroughly.

    the turkey will be done to a turn
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Our hot dogs were soon done and we sat down on a blanket by the fire together, eating our lunch.
    • Add four tablespoons of water and cook, uncovered, until the cabbage is done but still crisp.
    • Curl up in front of the TV with your own bowl of this much-loved comfort food favourite, done my way.
    • If food is not done when you take it out of the oven you can always return it to the oven for additional time.
    • When the food was done, she put some in two bowls and carried them into the living room.
    • I sat down at the table and when the food was done, he pulled it out and sat it in front of me and then sat down.
    • Drain each batch as it is done and eat whilst cooking the next batch.
    Synonyms
    cooked, ready, cooked through, tender, crisp, browned
  • 2No longer happening or existing.

    her hunting days were done
    Synonyms
    over, at an end, finished, ended, concluded, terminated, no more, extinct, dead, run, gone, dead and gone, dead and buried, forgotten, over and done with, a thing of the past, in the past, ancient history
  • 3British informal Socially acceptable.

    therapy was not the done thing then
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is also apparently not the done thing for staff members to laze about on the lawns openly staring at the girls.
    • He's assured me that it's not the done thing to drink at lunchtime these days, but I'm not so sure.
    • It is not the done thing to listen to music through headphones.
    • A percentage tip left on the bar in a pub is not the done thing - although in a bar or club it's fine.
    • It is not the done thing in the upper class circles of public schools and gentlemen's clubs to put the boot in so crudely.
    • It's not the done thing to grab something off a stranger in the supermarket just so you can check it out, is it?
    • In populations where drinking cows' milk is not the done thing, lactose intolerance is still the norm.
    • He has worked in the media for more than twenty years, and he knows, or should know, the way the world is now and what is not the done thing.
    • When I was growing up it just was not the done thing for a woman to smoke outdoors.
    Synonyms
    proper, seemly, decorous, decent, respectable, right, correct, in order, suitable, fit, fitting, befitting, appropriate, apt
    conventional, approved, accepted, acceptable, standard, usual, customary, traditional, orthodox
    the done thing
    French comme il faut
    informal OK
exclamationdʌndən
  • Used to indicate that the speaker accepts the terms of an offer.

    ‘I'll give ten to one he misses by a mile!’ called Reilly. ‘Done!’, said the conductor
    Synonyms
    agreed, settled, all right, very well, that's a bargain, accepted, right
    informal you're on, OK, okay, oke, okey-dokey, okey-doke
    British informal righto, righty-ho

Phrases

  • a done deal

    • An agreement that has been finalized.

      although a few details still had to be worked out, the settlement was a done deal
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I was inclined to treat this as a joke at first, but the comments made it plain that this was considered a done deal.
      • I am feeling optimistic about this election, but I don't see where everyone is getting the idea that it's a done deal.
      • This became a done deal after Russia agreed to ratify the agreement.
      • Also we were told that it was a done deal, although it was only a plan at that stage and consultation was to take place.
      • This is a done deal, and I'd really appreciate it if you would have the president, you know, announce that.
      • I want to make sure that you understand this bill is not a done deal.
      • We are assuming it's a done deal, in the way they're talking and presenting their plans.
      • But what the Pentagon is shying away from is saying that this is a done deal.
      • Even now, when the cat is out of the bag, they still want to brush aside reasoned argument and hide the project from public scrutiny until it's a done deal.
      • It's far from a done deal, but he's made surprising inroads, and he's not letting up.
  • done for

    • informal In a situation so bad that it is impossible to get out.

      if the guard sees us, we're done for
      Example sentencesExamples
      • At the end of the fifth book about the schoolboy spy, we thought our young hero was done for.
      • We thought it was done for but then after much jumping up and down and sand throwing we unbeached it.
      Synonyms
      ruined, finished, destroyed, broken, wrecked, undone, doomed, lost, defeated, beaten, foiled, frustrated, thwarted
  • done in (or up)

    • informal Extremely tired.

      you look done in
      Synonyms
      worn out, exhausted, fatigued, tired, tired out, weary, wearied, strained, drained, worn, sapped, spent, washed out, on one's last legs

Derivatives

  • doneness

  • noun ˈdʌnnəsˈdə(n)nəs
    mass nouninformal
    • The extent to which food is cooked.

      check the meat for doneness during the last 20 minutes of cooking

Rhymes

begun, bun, Donne, dun, fine-spun, forerun, fun, gun, Gunn, hon, Hun, none, nun, one, one-to-one, outdone, outgun, outrun, plus-one, pun, run, shun, son, spun, stun, sun, ton, tonne, tun, underdone, Verdun, won
 
 

Definition of done in US English:

done

verbdəndən
  • 1

    past participle of do
    1. 1.1US informal
      I done a lot of rodeoin'
      nonstandard past tense of do
    2. 1.2US informal Used with a standard past tense verb to indicate absoluteness or completion.
      I done told you to zipper your lips
adjectivedəndən
  • 1(of food) cooked thoroughly.

    the turkey will be done soon
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Add four tablespoons of water and cook, uncovered, until the cabbage is done but still crisp.
    • Drain each batch as it is done and eat whilst cooking the next batch.
    • Curl up in front of the TV with your own bowl of this much-loved comfort food favourite, done my way.
    • I sat down at the table and when the food was done, he pulled it out and sat it in front of me and then sat down.
    • Our hot dogs were soon done and we sat down on a blanket by the fire together, eating our lunch.
    • If food is not done when you take it out of the oven you can always return it to the oven for additional time.
    • When the food was done, she put some in two bowls and carried them into the living room.
    Synonyms
    cooked, ready, cooked through, tender, crisp, browned
  • 2No longer happening or existing.

    her hunting days were done
    Synonyms
    over, at an end, finished, ended, concluded, terminated, no more, extinct, dead, run, gone, dead and gone, dead and buried, forgotten, over and done with, a thing of the past, in the past, ancient history
  • 3British informal Socially acceptable.

    therapy was not the done thing then
    Example sentencesExamples
    • When I was growing up it just was not the done thing for a woman to smoke outdoors.
    • It is not the done thing in the upper class circles of public schools and gentlemen's clubs to put the boot in so crudely.
    • It is also apparently not the done thing for staff members to laze about on the lawns openly staring at the girls.
    • A percentage tip left on the bar in a pub is not the done thing - although in a bar or club it's fine.
    • He has worked in the media for more than twenty years, and he knows, or should know, the way the world is now and what is not the done thing.
    • It is not the done thing to listen to music through headphones.
    • In populations where drinking cows' milk is not the done thing, lactose intolerance is still the norm.
    • He's assured me that it's not the done thing to drink at lunchtime these days, but I'm not so sure.
    • It's not the done thing to grab something off a stranger in the supermarket just so you can check it out, is it?
    Synonyms
    proper, seemly, decorous, decent, respectable, right, correct, in order, suitable, fit, fitting, befitting, appropriate, apt
exclamationdəndən
  • Used to indicate that the speaker accepts the terms of an offer.

    “I'll give ten to one he misses by a mile!” called Reilly. “Done,” said the conductor
    Synonyms
    agreed, settled, all right, very well, that's a bargain, accepted, right

Phrases

  • a done deal

    • An agreement that has been finalized.

      Example sentencesExamples
      • But what the Pentagon is shying away from is saying that this is a done deal.
      • This became a done deal after Russia agreed to ratify the agreement.
      • This is a done deal, and I'd really appreciate it if you would have the president, you know, announce that.
      • It's far from a done deal, but he's made surprising inroads, and he's not letting up.
      • I want to make sure that you understand this bill is not a done deal.
      • I was inclined to treat this as a joke at first, but the comments made it plain that this was considered a done deal.
      • Also we were told that it was a done deal, although it was only a plan at that stage and consultation was to take place.
      • Even now, when the cat is out of the bag, they still want to brush aside reasoned argument and hide the project from public scrutiny until it's a done deal.
      • I am feeling optimistic about this election, but I don't see where everyone is getting the idea that it's a done deal.
      • We are assuming it's a done deal, in the way they're talking and presenting their plans.
  • done for

    • informal In a situation so bad that it is impossible to get out.

      if he gets them, we'll all be done for
      Example sentencesExamples
      • We thought it was done for but then after much jumping up and down and sand throwing we unbeached it.
      • At the end of the fifth book about the schoolboy spy, we thought our young hero was done for.
      Synonyms
      ruined, finished, destroyed, broken, wrecked, undone, doomed, lost, defeated, beaten, foiled, frustrated, thwarted
  • done in (or up)

    • informal Extremely tired.

      you look done in
      Synonyms
      worn out, exhausted, fatigued, tired, tired out, weary, wearied, strained, drained, worn, sapped, spent, washed out, on one's last legs
 
 
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