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dauphin

/daw-fin; French doh-fan/US // ˈdɔ fɪn; French doʊˈfɛ̃ //UK // (ˈdɔːfɪn, dɔːˈfɪn, French dofɛ̃) //

多芬,多福,多佛,多尔衮

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural dau·phins [daw-finz; French doh-fan]. /ˈdɔ fɪnz; French doʊˈfɛ̃/.

    • : the eldest son of a king of France, used as a title from 1349 to 1830.

Examples

  • Dr. George Crozier of the Dauphin Island Sea Lab discusses the environmental impact the oil spill will have on the Gulf Coast.

  • If the question had been simply one of pedigree, the right of the Dauphin would have been incontestable.

  • The Dauphin and his eldest son the Duke of Burgundy would waive their rights.

  • The Dauphin would be perfectly willing to renounce them for himself and for all his descendants.

  • They believed that the Dauphin's soldiers had sworn, if they entered Paris, to slay whomsoever they found there.

  • Her idolatry for Francois I. saved the house of the Medici from all suspicion when the dauphin was poisoned.