单词 | canon |
释义 | canon (once / 377 pages) 1n 2n 3n 4n Canon is all about authoritative standards—for literature, sainthood, or behavior. Don't confuse it with cannon with two n's, the big gun that shoots bowling-size balls at the enemy. College students used to read what was called the "literary canon," until they noticed that they were written by dead white men. Pretzels dipped in Coke may be tasty, but they're not ready to be entered into the canon of two great tastes that go well together: oreos + milk, donut + coffee, apple pie + ice cream. WORD FAMILYcanon: canonic, canonical, canonise, canonist, canonize, canons+/canonical: canonically/canonisation: canonisations/canonise: canonisation, canonised, canonises, canonising/canonist: canonists/canonization: canonizations/canonize: canonization, canonized, canonizes, canonizing USAGE EXAMPLESHe owns a slick Canon, a Leica manual rangefinder and, as of Christmas, a Polaroid. New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) The unit was sold to Canon this year. Washington Post(Dec 27, 2016) “Last Christmas” is one of the premier entrants in the new Yuletide canon. Time(Dec 26, 2016) 1 1n a collection of books accepted as holy scripture especially the books of the Bible recognized by any Christian church as genuine and inspired Hyper sacred scripture, scripture any writing that is regarded as sacred by a religious group 2n a rule or especially body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a field or art or philosophy the neoclassical canon canons of polite society Hyper prescript, rule prescribed guide for conduct or action 3n a complete list of saints that have been recognized by the Roman Catholic Church 2Hyper list, listing a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics) n a priest who is a member of a cathedral chapter 3Hypo|Hyper prebendary a canon who receives a prebend for serving the church priest a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders n a contrapuntal piece of music in which a melody in one part is imitated exactly in other parts 4Hypo|Hyper enigma canon, enigmatic canon, enigmatical canon, riddle canon a canon in which the entrances of successive parts were indicated by cryptic symbols and devices (popular in the 15th and 16th centuries) composition, musical composition, opus, piece, piece of music a musical work that has been created n a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall Syn|Hyper canyon ravine a deep narrow steep-sided valley (especially one formed by running water) |
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