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单词 lown
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Definition of lown in English:

lown

noun laʊn
Scottish
  • 1A calm or quiet state; stillness, tranquillity.

  • 2Shelter; a peaceful or sheltered place.

adjective laʊn
Scottish
  • 1Of the weather, a body of water, or some other natural feature or phenomenon: calm, still.

  • 2Especially of a person: gentle, calm, quiet.

  • 3Of a place: sheltered; cosy, snug.

adverb laʊn
Scottish
  • Calmly, quietly; peacefully, tranquilly.

verb laʊn
Northern, Canadian Regional, Scottish, Irish English, Labrador, English Regional, Newfoundland
  • 1with object To make calm, to lull.

  • 2no object To become calm or quiet.

Origin

Middle English. Originally from early Scandinavian (compare Old Icelandic logn, Norwegian regional logn, Old Swedish lughn (Swedish lugn), Old Danish lun, lugn, loghn, lundh (early modern Danish luun, lowen, Danish lun, lune), all nouns in sense ‘calm, stillness, tranquillity’, and also Old Icelandic lygn (adjective) calm, Norwegian lun, (regional) logn, Old Swedish lughn (Swedish lugn, lygn), Danish lun, all adjectives in sense ‘still, calm’) from the same Germanic base as Old Icelandic lauss free, unencumbered
late 15th century (in an earlier sense). From lown.

Definition of lown in US English:

lown

nounlaʊn
Scottish
  • 1A calm or quiet state; stillness, tranquillity.

  • 2Shelter; a peaceful or sheltered place.

adjectivelaʊn
Scottish
  • 1Of the weather, a body of water, or some other natural feature or phenomenon: calm, still.

  • 2Especially of a person: gentle, calm, quiet.

  • 3Of a place: sheltered; cosy, snug.

adverblaʊn
Scottish
  • Calmly, quietly; peacefully, tranquilly.

verblaʊn
Northern, Canadian Regional, Scottish, Irish English, Labrador, English Regional, Newfoundland
  • 1with object To make calm, to lull.

  • 2no object To become calm or quiet.

Origin

Middle English. Originally from early Scandinavian (compare Old Icelandic logn, Norwegian regional logn, Old Swedish lughn (Swedish lugn), Old Danish lun, lugn, loghn, lundh (early modern Danish luun, lowen, Danish lun, lune), all nouns in sense ‘calm, stillness, tranquillity’, and also Old Icelandic lygn (adjective) calm, Norwegian lun, (regional) logn, Old Swedish lughn (Swedish lugn, lygn), Danish lun, all adjectives in sense ‘still, calm’) from the same Germanic base as Old Icelandic lauss free, unencumbered<br>late 15th century (in an earlier sense). From lown.

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