doctor

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n. 医生, 博士 vt. 授以博士学位, 诊断, 修改 vi. 行医

发音

UK /ˈdɒktə(ɹ)/
US /ˈdɑktɚ/
AU /ˈdɔktə/
其它
NZ /ˈdɔktə/
AU /ˈdɒktə/
NZ /ˈdɒktə/
CA /ˈdɒktəɹ/

词形变化

doctors 复数 doctors doctored doctoring doctors 三单 doctoring 现在分词 doctored 过去式 doctored 过去分词

别名

D. dogtor doc. doctour dr

教材释义与例句

名词

医生;博士

someone who is trained to treat people who are ill

动词

修理;篡改,伪造;为…治病;授以博士学位

to dishonestly change something in order to gain an advantage

动词

就医;行医

释义与例句

n. A1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    A physician; a member of the medical profession; one who is trained and licensed to heal the sick or injured. The final examination and qualification may award a doctor degree in which case the post-nominal letters are DO, DPM, MD, DMD, or DDS in the US, or MBBS or BDS in the UK.

    If you still feel unwell tomorrow, see your doctor.

  2. 2.

    A person who has attained a doctorate, such as a Ph.D. or Th.D. or one of many other terminal degrees conferred by a college or university.

    博士

  3. 3.

    A veterinarian; a medical practitioner who treats non-human animals.

  4. 4.

    A nickname for a person who has special knowledge or talents to manipulate or arrange transactions.

  5. 5.

    A teacher; one skilled in a profession or a branch of knowledge; a learned man.

    废旧
  6. 6.

    Any mechanical contrivance intended to remedy a difficulty or serve some purpose in an exigency.

    过时

    the doctor of a calico-printing machine, which is a knife to remove superfluous colouring matter

    the doctor, or auxiliary engine, also called "donkey engine"

  7. 7.

    A fish, the friar skate.

  8. 8.

    A witchdoctor.

    废旧
  9. 9.

    A ship's cook.

    废旧 俚语 航海 交通
v.
  1. 1.

    To act as a medical doctor to.

    及物

    Her children doctored her back to health.

  2. 2.

    To act as a medical doctor.

    幽默 不及物

    2017, "Do No Harm", season 8, episode 2 of Adventure Time Doctor Princess: Put this on. [gives her lab coat to Finn] OK, you're a doctor now. Good luck. Finn: Wait, wait, whoa, whoa, whoa, wait! I don't know how to doctor!

  3. 3.

    To make (someone) into an (academic) doctor; to confer a doctorate upon.

    及物
  4. 4.

    To physically alter (medically or surgically) a living being in order to change growth or behavior.

    篡改

    及物

    They doctored their apple trees by vigorous pruning, and now the dwarfed trees are easier to pick.

    We may legally doctor a pet to reduce its libido.

  5. 5.

    To genetically alter an extant species.

    及物

    Mendel's discoveries showed how the evolution of a species may be doctored.

  6. 6.

    To alter or make obscure, as with the intention to deceive, especially a document.

    比喻 及物

    To doctor the signature of an instrument with intent to defraud is an example of forgery.

  7. 7.

    To take medicine.

    不及物 废旧
  8. 8.

    To adulterate, drug, or poison (drink).

    及物

    1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados There is no doubt that a few months ago Creake deliberately planned to poison her with some weed-killer. […] The gist of it was that she had the strongest suspicion that Creake doctored a bottle of stout which he expected she would drink for her supper when she was alone.

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词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deḱ-der. Proto-Italic *dokeō Latin doceō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin doctorbor. Old French doctur Anglo-Norman doctourder. Middle English doctour English doctor From Middle English doctor, doctour (“an expert, authority on a subject”), from Anglo-Norman doctour, from Latin doctor (“teacher”), from doceō (“to teach”). Displaced native Middle English lerare (“doctor, teacher”) (from Middle English leren (“to teach, instruct”) from Old English lǣran, lēran (“to teach, instruct, guide”), compare Old English lārēow (“teacher, master”)). Displaced Old English lǣċe (“doctor, physician”).

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