| 释义 |
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024can•on1 /ˈkænən/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Religiona rule or law of a church established by authority.
- a principle or standard of behavior: You have gone past the canons of good behavior.
- Religionan officially recognized set of sacred or authentic writings in a field.
can•on2 /ˈkænən/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Religiona member of a church assigned to a cathedral.
ca•ñon /ˈkænyən/USA pronunciation n. - Geologycanyon.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024can•on1 (kan′ən),USA pronunciation n. - Religionan ecclesiastical rule or law enacted by a council or other competent authority and, in the Roman Catholic Church, approved by the pope.
- Religionthe body of ecclesiastical law.
- the body of rules, principles, or standards accepted as axiomatic and universally binding in a field of study or art:the neoclassical canon.
- a fundamental principle or general rule:the canons of good behavior.
- a standard;
criterion:the canons of taste. - Religionthe books of the Bible recognized by any Christian church as genuine and inspired.
- Religionany officially recognized set of sacred books.
- any comprehensive list of books within a field.
- the works of an author that have been accepted as authentic:There are 37 plays in the Shakespeare canon.Cf. apocrypha (def. 3).
- Religiona catalog or list, as of the saints acknowledged by the Church.
- Religion[Liturgy.]the part of the Mass between the Sanctus and the Communion.
- Religion[Eastern Ch.]a liturgical sequence sung at matins, usually consisting of nine odes arranged in a fixed pattern.
- Music and Danceconsistent, note-for-note imitation of one melodic line by another, in which the second line starts after the first.
- [Print.]a 48-point type.
- Greek kanó̄n measuring rod, rule, akin to kánna cane
- Latin
- Middle English, Old English bef. 900
- 3, 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged
- 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See principle.
can•on2 (kan′ən),USA pronunciation n. - Religionone of a body of dignitaries or prebendaries attached to a cathedral or a collegiate church;
a member of the chapter of a cathedral or a collegiate church. - Religion[Rom. Cath. Ch.]one of the members (canons regular)of certain religious orders.
- Greek kanōnikós. See canon1, -ic
- Medieval Latin canōnicus, Latin: of or under rule
- 1150–1200; Middle English; back formation from Old English canōnic (one) under rule
- Geologycanyon.
|