單詞
Boniface
英 美['bɑn?,fes]
基本信息
- n. 小旅店的老板；小餐館老板
- n. (Boniface)人名；(英)博尼費(fèi)斯；(法、西、剛(布))博尼法斯；(意)博尼法切
英文詞源
- Boniface
- "innkeeper," from Will Boniface, character in George Farquhar's comedy "The Beaux' Stratagem" (1707).
Contrary to the common opinion, this name derives not from Latin bonifacius 'well-doer,' but from bonifatius, from bonum 'good' and fatum 'fate.' The change to Bonifacius was due to pronunciation and from this was deduced a false etymology. Bonifatius is frequent on Latin inscriptions. Bonifacius is found only twice and these late (Thesaurus) ["Dictionary of English Surnames"]
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. The next day there was an immense excitement in Boniface College, Oxbridge.
- 第二天,牛橋大學(xué)的博尼法斯學(xué)院引起了軒然大波.
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 2. Boniface had to moderate his claims.
- 龐尼菲斯不得不放棄他的主張.
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 3. Pope Boniface ordered pilgrims on the way to St. Peter's Basilica.
- 羅馬教皇博尼費(fèi)斯命令去史密斯?彼得教堂朝圣的人.
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 4. Pope Boniface VIII denied the virginity of Mary.
- 教宗博尼費(fèi)斯八世否認(rèn)瑪麗亞的處女性.
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
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