单词 | khan |
释义 | khann.1 a. Historical. The specific title (usually with great, †grand, or the additions of Tartary, of Cathay) given to the successors of Chingīz Khan, who were supreme rulers over the Turkish, Tartar, and Mongol tribes, as well as emperors of China, during the middle ages. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > emperor > [noun] > khan khanc1400 cham1553 c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xiv. 64 Þis Tartary es halden of þe Grete Caan of Cathay. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. xxiiv The Great Chaan of Tartharys..sent an hooste into the Lande of Hungry. a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) iii. xix. sig. R.vv Both prester Iohns land & ye graund Canis to. 1555 R. Eden Disc. Vyages Butrigarius & Cabote in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 253 They haue much knowleage of the great cane of Cathay. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 388 Cambalu, seat of Cathaian Can . View more context for this quotation 1682 London Gaz. No. 1724/1 The last Week arrived here an Envoy from the Kam of Tartary. 1705 London Gaz. No. 4102/2 The old Han of Tartary is lately dead. 1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall (1869) II. xlii. 562 The pride of the great khan survived his resentment. b. In later use: A title (now of slight import) commonly given to rulers, officials, or men of rank in central Asia, Afghanistan, etc. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > [noun] > Indian or Asian ruler raja1555 hakim1585 naik1588 Jam1727 khan1815 shugo1893 Agong1976 1623 St. Papers, Col. 1622–4 211 Sold the small ship to the ‘Caunn, being very desirous of her’. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 52 A Citie..vnder the Iurisdiction Royall of Emang Ally, the Chawn or great Duke of Shyras. 1803 T. R. Malthus Ess. Princ. Population (new ed.) i. vii. 96 The power of the Chan being absolute. 1815 M. Elphinstone Acct. Kingdom Caubul ii. ii. 159 The Chief of an Oolooss, is called Khaun... In some Ooloosses, the Khaun is elected by the people. 1857 F. M. Müller Sel. Ess. II. 269 One of the Tatar Khans..sent for the Buddhist pilgrim. 1897 Ld. Roberts 41 Years in India I. xv. 184 He was a grand specimen of a frontier Khan. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). khann.2 In the East: A building (unfurnished) for the accommodation of travellers; a caravanserai. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > accommodation or lodging > [noun] > lodging-place > temporary > for travellers, pilgrims, etc. schooleOE hospitalc1300 khanc1400 xenodochy?c1550 posting inn1556 vent1577 caravanserai1585 yam1587 serai1609 venta1610 post-house1611 xenodochium1612 imaret1613 seraglio1617 rancho1648 hospitium1650 watering-house1664 choultry1698 accommodation house1787 stage-house1788 spital1794 stand1805 resthouse1807 hospice1818 resting1879 stopping house1883 truck stop1961 α. β. 1650 J. Howell Instr. Forren Travell (new ed.) App. 134 They are great Founders of Hospitalls, of Hanes to entertain Travellers.1650 R. Withers tr. O. Bon Descr. Grand Signor's Seraglio xii. 192 Divers Hawns (commonly called Canes) in which wayfaring men do lodge.1704 J. Pitts True Acct. Mohammetans x. 173 A Hawn, or Inn adjoyning to the Harbour.1717 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 1 Apr. (1965) I. 344 Their Mosques are all of free Stone, and the Publick Hans or Inns extremely Magnificent.1903 Westm. Gaz. 10 Feb. 3/1 The hans are large, rambling inns, with a courtyard in the middle.1920 Q. Rev. Apr. 395 Four hundred emaciated forms, the remnant of such convoys, are lying in one of the hans.c1400 Three Kings Cologne 22 He dischargeþ hym his hors..of his berthen and so sendeth hym into swich a hows þat is cleped þere also alchan. 1612 Trauels Foure Eng. Men Afr. 77 In Cities they haue very stately Canes, but not for trauellers, but for themselues to dwell in; for every rich man calleth his house a Cane.] 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 57 Legacies for..building of Canes for the reliefe of passengers. 1682 G. Wheler Journey into Greece i. 37 There is a Kanne there, which serveth for a Warehouse. 1761 P. Russell in Philos. Trans. 1760 (Royal Soc.) 51 533 At Seidon, great part of the Frank kane was overthrown. 1775 R. Chandler Trav. Asia Minor xlvi. 156 We stopped at the khan, while our men purchased provisions. 1880 A. H. Huth Life & Writings H. T. Buckle II. 161 The badly-cooked, indigestible stuff which most Eastern travellers eat at the Khans. 1947 Archit. Rev. 102 99 (caption) The nearest building, with a row of small domes, is the khan or shopping centre. 1951 A. Christie They came to Baghdad i. 8 Captain Crosbie..turned down a small alleyway into a large Khan or Court. 1958 R. Liddell Morea ii. vii. 165 The buses going to Arcadia pull up at a khan near the village of Alepochori. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1c1400n.2c1400 |
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