English-Thai Dictionary

rubicon

N ชื่อ แม่น้ำ ใน ภาคเหนือ ของ อิตาลี 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RUBICON

RUBICON Ru "bi *con, n. (Anc. geog.)

 

Defn: A small river which separated Italy from Cisalpine Gaul, the province alloted to Julius Cæsar.

 

Note: By leading an army across this river, contrary to the prohibition of the civil government at Rome, Cæsar precipitated the civil war which resulted in the death of Pompey and the overthrow of the senate; hence, the phrase to pass or cross the Rubicon signifies to take the decisive step by which one is committed to a hazardous enterprise from which there is no retreat.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Rubicon

Ru bi con |ˈro͞obəˌkän ˈruːbɪkɑːn | a stream in northeastern Italy that marked the ancient boundary between Italy and Cisalpine Gaul. Julius Caesar led his army across it into Italy in 49 bc, breaking the law forbidding a general to lead an army out of his province, and so committing himself to war against the Senate and Pompey. The ensuing civil war resulted in victory for Caesar after three years. • [ as noun ] a point of no return: on the way to political union we are now crossing the Rubicon .

 

rubicon

ru bi con |ˈruːbɪkɑːn | ▶noun (in piquet ) an act of winning a game against an opponent whose total score is less than 100, in which case the loser's score is added to rather than subtracted from the winner's. ▶verb ( rubicons, rubiconing, rubiconed ) [ with obj. ] score a rubicon against (one's opponent ). ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from Rubicon .

 

Oxford Dictionary

Rubicon

Rubicon |ˈruːbɪk (ə )n, -kɒn | a stream in NE Italy which marked the ancient boundary between Italy and Cisalpine Gaul. Julius Caesar led his army across it into Italy in 49 bc, breaking the law forbidding a general to lead an army out of his province, and so committing himself to war against the Senate and Pompey. The ensuing civil war resulted in victory for Caesar after three years. • [ as noun ] a point of no return: on the way to political union we are now crossing the Rubicon .

 

rubicon

ru ¦bi |con ▶noun (in piquet ) an act of winning a game against an opponent whose total score is less than 100, in which case the loser's score is added to rather than subtracted from the winner's. ▶verb ( rubicons, rubiconing, rubiconed ) [ with obj. ] score a rubicon against (one's opponent ). ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from Rubicon .

 

French Dictionary

rubicond

rubicond , onde adj. adjectif Très rouge. : Un visage rubicond. Note Orthographique rubicon d.

 

Spanish Dictionary

Rubicón

Rubicón Nombre de un río de Italia, que César decidió atravesar con su ejército después de muchas vacilaciones, que se utiliza en la expresión pasar el Rubicón que significa ‘tomar una decisión atrevida asumiendo las posibles consecuencias ’.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

Rubicon

Ru bi con /rúːbɪkɑ̀n |-k (ə )n /名詞 〖the ～〗ルビコン川 〘イタリア北部の川; 紀元前49年 「さいは投げられた 」と言ってCaesarがこの川を渡りローマに攻め入った 〙.cr ò ss [p à ss ] the R ú bicon (後にひけない )一線を越える ; 重大決心をする ; 背水の陣を敷く .