| 释义 |
yon
I. \ˈyän, ˈyȯn, ˈyən\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English geon; akin to Old High German ienēr, enēr, adjective, that, Old Norse inn the, Gothic jains, adjective, that, Latin enim, conjunction, for, Greek enēday after tomorrow, Old Slavic onŭ he, that
1. chiefly dialect : that is or lies some distance away in the indicated place or direction : yonder 2
< the nighest is four miles off, over yon snowy hills — Herman Melville >
2. dialect : yonder 1
< friends on the yon side of the Potomac — Hervey Allen >
II. pronoun
Etymology: Middle English, from yon, adjective
dialect : that or those yonder
< marryin' a man like yon — Neil Munro >
III. adverb
Etymology: Middle English (Scots), from Middle English yon, adjective
: yonder
< yon the gallows used to clank — A.E.Housman >
< palaces here and pleasure domes yon — John Beaufort >
< scattered here and yon — Calder Willingham >
IV. \ˈyän\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: origin unknown
: an Indian tree (Anogeissus acuminata) of the family Combretaceae with hard heavy yellowish wood that is especially strong and useful for handles and shafts |