john
john 英 [dʒɒn] 美 [dʒɑn]
n. 厕所
名词复数:johns
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- n. 厕所
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1. john besought her for permission.
约翰恳求她答应他。
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2. john always pays cash down for anything he buys.
约翰经常买东西时当场就付现金。
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3. john watched every opportunity because he wanted to get on.
约翰盯住每一个机会，因为他想获得成功。
- John masc. proper name, Middle English Jon, Jan (mid-12c.), from Old French Jan, Jean, Jehan (Modern French Jean), from Medieval Latin Johannes, an alteration of Late Latin Joannes, from Greek Ioannes, from Hebrew Yohanan (longer form y'hohanan), said to mean literally "Jehovah has favored" or "Jah is gracious," from hanan "he was gracious."
- john (n.) "toilet," 1932, probably from jakes, used for "toilet" since 15c. Meaning "prostitute's customer" is from 1911, probably from the common, and thus anonymous, name by which they identified themselves. Meaning "policeman" is by 1901, from shortening of johndarm (1823), a jocular Englishing of gendarme.
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