| 单词 | don quixote |
| 释义 | Don Quixote[ don kee-hoh-tee, don -kwik-suht; Spanish dawn kee-haw-te ] / ˌdɒn kiˈhoʊ ti, dɒn ˈkwɪk sət; Spanish dɔn kiˈhɔ tɛ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR Don Quixote ON THESAURUS.COM nounthe hero of a novel by Cervantes who was inspired by lofty and chivalrous but impractical ideals. (italics) (Don Quixote de la Mancha) the novel itself (1605 and 1615). Words nearby Don Quixotedo-nothing, do-nothingism, Donovan, Donovan body, donovanosis, Don Quixote, Don River, donsie, don't, don't ask, don't change horses at midstream Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for Don QuixoteDon Quixote / (ˈdɒn kiːˈhəʊtiː, ˈkwɪksət, Spanish don kiˈxote) / nounan impractical idealist Word Origin for Don Quixoteafter the hero of Cervantes' Don Quixote de la Mancha Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for Don QuixoteDon Quixote [ (don kee-hoh-tay, don kee-hoh-tee, don kwik-suht) ] (1605–1615) A novel by Miguel de Cervantes. The hero, Don Quixote (don is a Spanish title of honor), loses his wits from reading too many romances and comes to believe that he is a knight destined to revive the golden age of chivalry. A tall, gaunt man in armor, he has many comical adventures with his fat squire, Sancho Panza. notes for Don QuixoteA person who is both idealistic and impractical is often said to be “quixotic.” The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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