单词	note
释义	note I. \ˈnōt, usu -ōd.+V\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English, use, profit, benefit, from Old English nutu; akin to Old English nēotan to use, enjoy — more at neat dialect England : a cow's lactation period II. transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English noten, from Old French noter, from Latin notare, from nota note, mark 1.  a.   (1) : to record or fix in the mind or memory : take due or special notice of : notice or observe with care    < must be noted that some southern Negroes were able to rise — Mercer Cook >    < please note that payment in full is enclosed >    < noted the fine stature of the Indian males — American Guide Series: Oregon >    < pleased to note that I will be summoned to appear in court — Oris Turner >   (2) : to record or preserve in writing : make a note of    < noted on the margin his disagreement with the writer >    — often used with down    < noted down his impressions of the city >   (3) archaic : to set down in or provide with notes especially musical notes   (4) : to make a notarial memorandum of nonpayment of (a negotiable bill) on presentation   (5) : to make notes in; also : annotate    < noted cases for the attorney general — John Buchan >  b. : to recognize the existence or presence of : perceive, observe   < in these brilliant and gifted inhabitants … one may note a number of characteristics — W.K.Ferguson >   < edema is likely to be noted first in the legs — Morris Fishbein >   < too good and simple himself to note what was implied — Mary Austin >   < one notes the scars pocking the buildings — H.L.Matthews >   < quick to note a shadow of pain across his pale features — W.J.Locke > 2. obsolete : denote, signify 3.  a. : to call attention to in speech or writing : make separate or special mention of : remark   < the odds, someone noted, were stacked … in favor of the house — T.H.White b. 1915 >   < notes with gallant approval the civilizing influences of British administrators — Hal Lehrman >   < the magazine noted his understanding of international problems — Current Biography >  b. : to indicate or show   < records fail to note what became of him >   < on this occasion she was merely noted as a member of the company — F.C.Schang >   < scales that can note the absence of a dime in a batch of thousands — Buick Magazine > 4. obsolete : charge, accuse, brand — usually used with of, for, or with Synonyms: see see III. noun (-s) Etymology: Latin nota note, mark, character, brand 1.  a.   (1) : a melody or song    < mine ear is much enamored of thy note — Shakespeare >   (2) : a tone of definite pitch (as of a musical instrument or the voice)   (3) : cry, call, sound    < heard the iron on the roof give an uneasy warning note — Eve Langley >    < not even the loon, in whose voice there is a human note — Charlton Laird >   (4) : the musical call or song of a bird    < you know its note: the liquid clarity is so perfect that when it sings the other birds … grow silent — Harold Laski >   (5) : a tone of voice expressive of some mood, attitude, or emotion    < her voice carried a note of irritation — Louis Bromfield >    < would cry with the wounded note of the utterly betrayed — Mary Austin >    < her deep-sounding young voice with a note in it he had never heard before — Edna Ferber >    < a wild anxiety had come into her voice — a note of desperate pleading — O.E.Rölvaag >  b.   (1) : a character used to indicate relative duration by its shape and definite musical pitch by its position on the staff   (2) : a key of a pianoforte or similar instrument  c. : odor, smell   < a valued perfumery synthetic with a lily-of-the-valley note — J.E.Hawkins & E.G.Rietz > 2.  a.   (1) : a characteristic feature, theme, or quality : element, motif    < there was such a note of absurdity about it — T.B.Costain >    < those are the main notes of medieval life — G.G.Coulton >    < the essential notes of his satire — F.R.Leavis >    < a fixed note of my father's life — Van Wyck Brooks >    < two notes of gentility our family maintained — R.M.Lovett >    < a strong note of realism — Ellen L. Buell >    < there isn't a note in you which I don't know — Thomas Hardy >   (2) : an identifying or dominant theme, characteristic, or motif    < the hard, varnished, cosmopolitan cleverness which is the note of the hour — Sinclair Lewis >    < strikes at once the note of his career — H.E.Scudder >   (3) : a concrete object that sets the tone or constitutes an identifying or characteristic feature    < vast ranches whose one modern note is an occasional oil derrick — American Guide Series: Texas >   (4) : mood, tone, tenor    < hadn't intended to end on this note — F.R.Leavis >    < answered on the same detached note — Francis King >    < began … on a note of urgency — Christine Weston >    < inject a note of intimacy into their contacts — T.B.Costain >  b. archaic : stigma, reproach 3.  a.   (1) : an abstract of particulars recorded in the conveyance by fine   (2) Scots law : a short and concise statement used as a pleading of an action or defense and setting forth without argument the statutes or cases relied upon  b.   (1) : a brief writing intended to assist the memory or to serve as the basis for a fuller statement : memorandum, minute    < made a note on a piece of paper — Barnaby Conrad >   (2) : a condensed record of a speech, lecture, lesson, or discussion made at the time of listening    < takes extensive notes in all his classes >   (3) : an artist's rough sketch especially of a detail  c.   (1) : a brief remark by way of explanation or information : a comment or explanation (as penciled in the margin of a page) : a critical explanation or illustrative observation   (2) : a printed comment or reference that is set apart from the main text and usually in smaller type — see footnote, shoulder note, sidenote; compare reference mark   (3) : explanatory printed comment on a work of art    < program notes for a concert >    < notes on a record album >  d.   (1) archaic : account, bill   (2) : a written or printed paper acknowledging a debt and promising payment : a written promise to pay    < has my note for $1000 >   (3) : a bank note or other form of paper that is current money    < deposited the sum in notes and coin >   (4) obsolete : a signed receipt : voucher  e.   (1) : a short informal letter   (2) : a formal diplomatic communication regularly bearing the signature of the person who sends it, addressed personally to the minister or other official to whom it is sent, usually written in the first person although sometimes in the third, and typically used for the most important correspondence — compare aide-mémoire, memorandum, note verbale   (3) : any of a number of diplomatic communications of varying character or formality  f.   (1) : a short account, essay, or sketch    < not attempting in this brief note to recount again the public battles of that far-off time — Bruce Bliven b.1889 >   specifically : a communication (as to a scholarly or technical journal) usually considerably shorter in length than an article and severely restricted in scope or subject matter    < a brief note … reported the find of an association of human burials and artifacts — G.W.Hewes >   (2) : an often informal record of impressions or incidents — usually used in plural    < notes on a journey to the headwaters of the Amazon >   (3) : a brief item in a newspaper or magazine : jotting    < financial notes >    < household notes >    < social notes > 4.  a. : distinction, reputation, eminence   < other animal stories of note — Ellen L. Buell >   < a figure of almost international note — John Buchan >  b. : observation, notice, heed — usually used with take   < took full note of all that had happened >  c. : knowledge, information   < his popularity has long been a matter of note — Current Biography > 5. : an incident or situation of an unexpected, startling, or disagreeable character  < wasn't that a note for a chief officer to swallow — Sam Ross >  < that's a hell of a note — Ernest Hemingway > Synonyms: see character, sign [note 1b]
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