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标 题: A.Word.A.Day--dauphin(转载)
发信站: 哈工大紫丁香 (2000年11月11日09:15:03 星期六), 转信
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dauphin (DOW-fin) noun
1. The eldest son of the king of France from 1349 to 1830.
2. Used as a title for such a nobleman.
[Middle English, from Old French, title of the lords of Dauphine, from
Dalphin, Dalfin, a surname, from dalfin, dolphin (from the device on the
family's coat of arms).]
"But the dauphin should not forget that a successful reign requires
a strong successor--and not a mere imitator."
The difficulty of being a dauphin, Economist, Sep 4, 1999.
This week's theme: eponyms, or words coined after people's names.
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Never bear more than one trouble at a time. Some people bear three kinds -
all they have had, all they have now, and all they expect to have. -Edward
Everett Hale, author (1822-1909)
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Pronunciation:
http://wordsmith.org/words/dauphin.wav
http://wordsmith.org/words/dauphin.ram
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