New American Oxford Dictionary

Davis

Da vis |ˈdāvis ˈdeɪvɪs | an academic and agricultural city in north central California, west of Sacramento; pop. 62,593 (est. 2008 ).

 

Davis, Angela Yvonne

Da vis, Angela Yvonne (1944 –), US political activist and writer. She wrote Women, Race and Class (1980 ).

 

Davis, Benjamin Oliver

Da vis, Benjamin Oliver |ˈdāvis ˈdeɪvɪs | (1877 –1970 ), US military leader. In 1940, he became the first African-American general in the US Army. His son, Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. (1912 –2002 ), an aviator, became the first African-American Air Force general in 1953.

 

Davis, Bette

Da vis, Bette |ˈdeɪvəs ˈdāvis | (1908 –89 ), US actress; born Ruth Elizabeth Davis. She established her Hollywood career playing a number of strong, independent female characters in such movies as Dangerous (1935 ) and Jezebel (1938 ). Her flair for suggesting the macabre and menacing emerged in later movies, such as Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962 ).

 

Davis, David

Da vis, David |ˈdāvis ˈdeɪvɪs | (1815 –86 ), US Supreme Court associate justice 1862 –77 and a US senator from Illinois 1877 –83.

 

Davis, Jefferson

Da vis, Jefferson |ˈdāvis ˈdeɪvɪs | (1808 –89 ), US politician and president of the Confederate States of America (CSA ). As a US senator from Mississippi 1847 –51 and a defender of slavery, he withdrew from the Senate when Mississippi seceded from the Union and was elected president of the CSA in 1862. He wrote The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government (1881 ).

 

Davis, Miles

Da vis, Miles |ˈdeɪvəs ˈdāvis | (1926 –91 ), US jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader; full name Miles Dewey Davis. His influence on "cool jazz " is heard in his Birth of the Cool recordings (1948 –49 ). His album Kind of Blue (1959 ) introduced "modal jazz. " In the 1960s, he pioneered the fusion of jazz and rock.

 

Davis, Sammy

Da vis, Sammy |ˈdāvis ˈdeɪvɪs |, Jr. (1925 –90 ), US actor, singer, and dancer. He appeared in Ocean's Eleven (1960 ) along with Frank Sinatra and other members of the “Rat Pack. ” His recording of “The Candy Man ” (1972 ) became his theme song.

 

Davis, Steve

Davis |ˈdeɪvɪs | (b.1957 ), English snooker player. He was UK Professional Champion (1980 –1; 1984 –7 ) and World Professional Champion (1981; 1983 –4; 1987 –9 ).

 

Davis Cup

Da vis Cup an annual tennis championship for men, first held in 1900, between teams from different countries. ORIGIN named after Dwight F. Davis (1879 –1945 ), the US doubles champion who donated the trophy.

 

Davis Mountains

Da vis Moun tains a range in southwestern Texas, site of the Mount Locke observatory and several resorts.

 

Davisson, Clinton

Da vis son, Clinton |ˈdāvəsən ˈdeɪvəsən | (1881 –1958 ), US physicist; full name Clinton Joseph Davisson. With L. H. Germer (1896 –1971 ), he discovered electron diffraction, thus confirming de Broglie's theory of the wave nature of electrons. He shared the 1937 Nobel Prize for Physics with George P. Thomson (1892 –1975 ).

 

Davis Strait

Da vis Strait a sea passage 400 miles (645 km ) long that separates Greenland from Baffin Island and connects Baffin Bay with the Atlantic Ocean. ORIGIN named after John Davis ( c. 1550 –1605 ), the English explorer who sailed through it in 1587.

 

Oxford Dictionary

Davis

Da vis |ˈdāvis ˈdeɪvɪs | an academic and agricultural city in north central California, west of Sacramento; pop. 62,593 (est. 2008 ).

 

Davis

Davis |ˈdeɪvɪs | the name of two English billiards and snooker players. Joe (1901 –78 ) held the world championship from 1927 until his retirement in 1946. He was also world billiards champion 1928 –32. His brother Fred (1913 –98 ) was world snooker champion (1948 –9; 1951 –6 ) and world billiards champion (1980 ).

 

Davis, Angela Yvonne

Da vis, Angela Yvonne (1944 –), US political activist and writer. She wrote Women, Race and Class (1980 ).

 

Davis, Benjamin Oliver

Da vis, Benjamin Oliver |ˈdāvis ˈdeɪvɪs | (1877 –1970 ), US military leader. In 1940, he became the first African-American general in the US Army. His son, Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. (1912 –2002 ), an aviator, became the first African-American Air Force general in 1953.

 

Davis, Bette

Davis |ˈdeɪvɪs | (1908 –89 ), American actress; born Ruth Elizabeth Davis. She established her Hollywood career playing a number of strong, independent female characters in such films as Dangerous (1935 ). Her flair for suggesting the macabre and menacing emerged in later films, such as Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962 ).

 

Davis, David

Da vis, David |ˈdāvis ˈdeɪvɪs | (1815 –86 ), US Supreme Court associate justice 1862 –77 and a US senator from Illinois 1877 –83.

 

Davis, Jefferson

Da vis, Jefferson |ˈdāvis ˈdeɪvɪs | (1808 –89 ), US politician and president of the Confederate States of America (CSA ). As a US senator from Mississippi 1847 –51 and a defender of slavery, he withdrew from the Senate when Mississippi seceded from the Union and was elected president of the CSA in 1862. He wrote The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government (1881 ).

 

Davis, Miles

Davis |ˈdeɪvɪs | (1926 –91 ), American jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader; full name Miles Dewey Davis. In the 1950s he played and recorded arrangements in a new style which became known as ‘cool ’ jazz, heard on albums such as Kind of Blue (1959 ). In the 1960s he pioneered the fusion of jazz and rock.

 

Davis, Sammy

Da vis, Sammy |ˈdāvis ˈdeɪvɪs |, Jr. (1925 –90 ), US actor, singer, and dancer. He appeared in Ocean's Eleven (1960 ) along with Frank Sinatra and other members of the “Rat Pack. ” His recording of “The Candy Man ” (1972 ) became his theme song.

 

Davis, Steve

Davis |ˈdeɪvɪs | (b.1957 ), English snooker player. He was UK Professional Champion (1980 –1; 1984 –7 ) and World Professional Champion (1981; 1983 –4; 1987 –9 ).

 

Davis Cup

Davis Cup an annual tennis championship for men, first held in 1900, between teams from different countries. ORIGIN named after Dwight F. Davis (1879 –1945 ), the American doubles champion who donated the trophy.

 

Davis Mountains

Da vis Moun tains a range in southwestern Texas, site of the Mount Locke observatory and several resorts.

 

Davisson, Clinton Joseph

Davisson, Clinton Joseph |ˈdeɪvɪs (ə )n | (1881 –1958 ), American physicist. Davisson, together with L. H. Germer (1896 –1971 ), discovered electron diffraction, thus confirming de Broglie's theory of the wave nature of electrons. Nobel Prize for Physics (1937 ).

 

Davis Strait

Davis Strait a sea passage 645 km (400 miles ) long separating Greenland from Baffin Island and connecting Baffin Bay with the Atlantic Ocean. ORIGIN named after John Davis (1550 –1605 ), the English explorer who sailed through it in 1587.

 

Duden Dictionary

Daviscup

Da vis cup , Da vis-Cup Substantiv, maskulin , der Davis-Cup |ˈdeɪvɪskap ˈdeɪvɪskap |der Daviscup; Genitiv: des Daviscups der Davis-Cup; Genitiv: des Davis-Cups nach dem Stifter, dem amerikanischen Diplomaten und Tennisspieler D. F. Davis (1879 –1945 )1 (um 1900 gestifteter ) bedeutendster im Tennissport bei internationalen Mannschaftswettbewerben vergebener Wanderpokal 2 internationaler Mannschaftswettbewerb im Tennissport, bei dem die siegreiche Mannschaft den Daviscup 1 gewinnt

 

Davispokal

Da vis po kal, Da vis-Po kal Substantiv, maskulin , der Davis-Pokal der Davispokal; Genitiv: des Davispokals der Davis-Pokal; Genitiv: des Davis-Pokals nach dem Stifter, dem amerikanischen Diplomaten und Tennisspieler D. F. Davis (1879 –1945 )1 (um 1900 gestifteter ) bedeutendster im Tennissport bei internationalen Mannschaftswettbewerben vergebener Wanderpokal 2 internationaler Mannschaftswettbewerb im Tennissport, bei dem die siegreiche Mannschaft den Daviscup gewinnt

 

Davispokalmannschaft

Da vis po kal mann schaft , Da vis-Po kal-Mann schaft Substantiv, feminin , die Davis-Pokal-Mannschaft Tennismannschaft, die am Davispokal teilnimmt

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

Davis

Da vis /déɪvɪs /名詞 デイヴィス 〘a 姓.b 男の名 〙.～̀ C ú p 〖the ～〗デビスカップ 〘男子テニス国別選手権試合 (の優勝杯 )〙.