masc. proper name, biblical son of Saul, from Hebrew Yonathan, short for Yehonathan, literally "the Lord has given" (compare Nathan). As a pre-Uncle Sam emblem of the United States, sometimes personified as Brother Jonathan, it dates from 1816, said to have been applied by Washington to Gov. Jonathan Trumbull Sr. of Connecticut (1710-1785), to whom he sometimes turned for advice (see 2 Sam. i:26); hence "a New Englander," and eventually "an American." As a variety of red apple it dates from 1831, so called because it was introduced in the U.S.
雙語例句
1. Their sons, Ben and Jonathan, were three and six respectively.
他們的兒子，本和喬納森，分別是3歲和6歲。
來自柯林斯例句
2. If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it.--Jonathan Winters