資料來源 : pyDict

懇談,自治體,工社密談,沈思,內省

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Commune \Com*mune"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Communed}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Communing}.] [OF. communier, fr. L. communicare to
   communicate, fr. communis common. See {Common}, and cf.
   {Communicate}.]
   1. To converse together with sympathy and confidence; to
      interchange sentiments or feelings; to take counsel.

            I would commune with you of such things That want no
            ear but yours.                        --Shak.

   2. To receive the communion; to partake of the eucharist or
      Lord's supper.

            To commune under both kinds.          --Bp. Burnet.

   {To commune with one's self} or {one's heart}, to think; to
      reflect; to meditate.

Commune \Com"mune\, n.
   Communion; sympathetic intercourse or conversation between
   friends.

         For days of happy commune dead.          --Tennyson.

Commune \Com"mune\, n. [F., fr. commun. See {Common}.]
   1. The commonalty; the common people. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

            In this struggle -- to use the technical words of
            the time -- of the ``commune'', the general mass of
            the inhabitants, against the ``prudhommes'' or
            ``wiser'' few.                        --J. R. Green.

   2. A small territorial district in France under the
      government of a mayor and municipal council; also, the
      inhabitants, or the government, of such a district. See
      {Arrondissement}.

   3. Absolute municipal self-government.

   {The Commune of Paris}, or {The Commune}
      (a) The government established in Paris (1792-94) by a
          usurpation of supreme power on the part of
          representatives chosen by the communes; the period of
          its continuance is known as the ``Reign of Terror.''
      (b) The revolutionary government, modeled on the commune
          of 1792, which the communists, so called, attempted to
          establish in 1871.

資料來源 : WordNet®

commune
     n 1: the smallest administrative district of several European
          countries
     2: a body of people or families living together and sharing
        everything
     v 1: communicate intimately with; be in a state of heightened,
          intimate receptivity; "He seemed to commune with nature"
     2: receive Communion, in the Catholic church [syn: {communicate}]