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.
双语例句
1. Their sons, Ben and Jonathan, were three and six respectively.
他们的儿子，本和乔纳森，分别是3岁和6岁。
来自柯林斯例句
2. If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it.--Jonathan Winters
