lesson

class, lesson, lecture, course

名词 lesson:

1. a unit of instruction
2. punishment intended as a warning to others
   同义词：example, deterrent example, object lesson
3. the significance of a story or event
   同义词：moral
4. a task assigned for individual study

1. The first lesson is taken from St John's Gospel.
   第一段圣经选自《约翰福音》。
2. I missed a lesson yesterday.
   昨天我误了一节课。
3. His car accident has been a lesson to him to stop driving too fast.
   他的车祸给了他一个教训，使他不再开快车。

les.son

n.（名词）
Something to be learned:
功课，课业，学业：需要学习的东西：
例句：
lessons from observing nature.
从观察自然中获得的东西

A period of instruction; a class.
一堂课；一节课
An assignment or exercise in which something is to be learned.
功课：学习某东西的作业或训练
The act or an instance of instructing; teaching.
课程，教程，教导：教育的行动或家例；教导

An experience, example, or observation that imparts beneficial new knowledge or wisdom.
经验，教训：能给人以有益的新知识或智慧的经历、例子或见闻
The knowledge or wisdom so acquired.
经验，教训：这样获得的知识和智慧
A rebuke or reprimand.
训斥，谴责
Often Lesson A reading from the Bible or other sacred text as part of a religious service.
常作 Lesson （圣经）选读：作为宗教仪式的一部分而从《圣经》或其它宗教正文中选出一段宣读
v.tr.（及物动词）
les.soned,les.son.ing,les.sons
To teach a lesson to; instruct.
向…授课；教
To rebuke or reprimand.
训斥，谴责

来源：
Middle English lessoun
中古英语 lessoun
from Old French leson
源自 古法语 leson
from Latin lôctiô lôctiôn- [a reading]
源自 拉丁语 lôctiô lôctiôn- [阅读]
from lôctus [past participle of] legere [to read] * see leg-
源自 lôctus [] legere的过去分词 [阅读] *参见 leg-