canon

• n. 標準；教規；正典圣經；教士

來自cane, 蘆葦，因古時用蘆葦桿進行測量，因而引申詞義標準，準繩，精品。

canon

canon: There are today two distinct words canon in English, although ultimately they are related. The older, ‘(ecclesiastical) rule’ [OE], comes via Latin canōn from Greek kanón ‘rule’, which some have speculated may be related to Greek kánnā ‘reed’, source of English cane (the semantic link is said to be ‘reed’ – ‘rod’ – ‘measuring rod’ – ‘rule’).

The derived adjective, kanonikós, passed into ecclesiastical Latin as canonicus, which was used as a noun, ‘clergyman’; in Old French this became canonie or chanonie, and as it crossed into English its last syllable dropped off (owing to the influence of canon ‘rule’). The underlying sense of canon ‘clergyman’ [13] is thus ‘one living according to the rules of religious life’.

canon (n.1)

"church law," Old English canon, from Old French canon or directly from Late Latin canon "Church law," in classical Latin, "measuring line, rule," from Greek kanon "any straight rod or bar; rule; standard of excellence," perhaps from kanna "reed" (see cane (n.)). Taken in ecclesiastical sense for "decree of the Church." General sense of "standard of judging" is from c. 1600. Harold Bloom writes that "The secular canon, with the word meaning a catalog of approved authors, does not actually begin until the middle of the eighteenth century ...." ["The Western Canon," 1994]. Related: Canonicity.

canon (n.2)

"clergyman," c. 1200, from Anglo-French canun, from Old North French canonie (Modern French chanoine), from Church Latin canonicus "clergyman living under a rule," noun use of Latin adjective canonicus "according to rule" (in ecclesiastical use, "pertaining to the canon"), from Greek kanonikos, from kanon "rule" (see canon (n.1)).

1. Richard refused to trade in his old Canon cameras.

理查德拒絕用他的舊佳能相機以舊換新。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The Church's canon law forbids remarriage of divorced persons.

該教派教規禁止離婚者再婚。

來自柯林斯例句

3. The very first canon of nursing is to keep the air inside as fresh as the air outside.

護理工作的首要原則是要保持室內空氣像室外一樣清新。

來自柯林斯例句

4. He had to read a canon of accepted literary texts.

他不得不閱讀一系列公認的經典文學作品。

來自辭典例句

5. Its theory and practice have been codified in the canon of Leninism.

它的理論和實踐都根據列寧主義原則進行匯編整理.

來自辭典例句