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单词 lesson
释义 les·son
I. \ˈlesən\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English lessoun, from Old French leçon, lecon lesson, reading, from Late Latin lection-, lectio, from Latin, act of reading, from lectus (past participle of legere to read) + -ion-, io -ion — more at legend
1. : a portion of Scripture read for instruction as part of a worship service
 < here endeth the first lesson >
2.
 a. : a piece of instruction : teaching
  < the lesson intended by an author — G.B.Shaw >
  < the second of the great lessons of Quakerism … respect for the individual — H.S.Canby >
 specifically : a reading or exercise assigned to a pupil as part of his schoolwork
  < get out your books and study your lessons >
  < lessons to be got and recited — H.C.McKown >
 b. : a fact, principle, or technique learned or to be learned by study or experience
  < many revealing lessons of past experience have been overlooked — Bruce Payne >
  < the lessons of the flood also emphasize … that the landward side of the banks needs protection — J.A.Steers >
  < teach a horse his lessons — Ephraim Chambers >
3.
 a. : one of the segments into which a course of instruction is divided
  < this textbook presents the material in 20 lessons >
 specifically : a period of formal instruction devoted to a single subject and usually lasting no more than an hour
  < music lesson >
  < French lesson >
  < finished her lessons with the governess — Audrey Barker >
 b. : an object or event from which knowledge may be derived : instructive example
  < the lesson of Coventry should be accepted by … every American city that is at all vulnerable to enemy air raids — Training Manual for Auxiliary Firemen >
  < he stands, a lesson to us in integrity — C.D.Lewis >
 specifically : a rebuke or punishment intended to forestall the repetition of an offense
  < sent the culprit to the office and let the principal give him a lesson >
4.
 a. obsolete : an instrumental piece or set of pieces especially for a keyboard instrument — compare suite 2b
 b. : an exercise or study serving to advance musical knowledge or proficiency
II. transitive verb
(lessoned ; lessoned ; lessoning \-s(ə)niŋ\ ; lessons)
1. : to give a lesson to : instruct
 < lessoned his contemporaries in the platitudes — Clement Wood >
 < I look at it, I talk to it, I lesson it and plead — Don Marquis >
2. : lecture, rebuke, punish
 < I'll lesson you, you madman — Mary Johnston >
 < the lessoning of a naughty Christian Europe — James Binder >
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