Jane

简

发音

/d͡ʒeɪn/

词形变化

Janes 复数 Janes

别名

jane Jayne Jaine

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    used as a placeholder name for any woman, especially a young working-class woman

    非正式
  2. 2.

    A girlfriend.

    俚语

    What happened to your regular Jane?

  3. 3.

    Alternative letter-case form of jane (“female client of a prostitute”).

name
  1. 1.

    A female given name from French, the standard feminine form of John since the 17th century.

    简

    "What I mean is," said Mrs. Riversedge, "that when I get maids with unsuitable names I call them Jane; they soon get used to it." "An excellent plan," said the aunt of Clovis coldly; "unfortunately I have got used to being called Jane myself. It happens to be my name."

  2. 2.

    A surname originating as a patronymic derived from a Middle English variant of John.

相关短语

Jane Crow Jane Doe n. 简多伊（法律诉讼女方真名不详时对女当事人的假设称呼） Jane Sixpack Jane Does Jane Roe Jane Roes Jane Wayne Jane Hancock Jane Hancocks Jane Waynes Jane 50 Jane 50s Jane Average Jane Averages Mary Jane Rottencrotch

词源

Variant of Jeanne, from French Jeanne, from Middle French Jehanne, from Medieval Latin Johanna, variant of Latin Ioanna under influence from Latin Iōhannēs, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yôḥānāh, literally “God is gracious”), the feminized form of יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān) which produced John and its many doublets. As a placeholder name, cf. similar use of John and Jack and earlier use of Joan in the same role. Doublet of Gianna, Ivana, Jana, Janice, Janis, Jean, Jeanne, Jen, Joan, Joanna, Joanne, Johanna, Juana, Shavonne, Sian, Siobhan, Shane, Shaun, Shauna, and Sheena.

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