class, lesson, lecture, course

名詞 lesson:

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

1. The first lesson is taken from St John's Gospel.
   第一段圣經(jīng)選自《約翰福音》。
2. I missed a lesson yesterday.
   昨天我誤了一節(jié)課。
3. His car accident has been a lesson to him to stop driving too fast.
   他的車禍給了他一個教訓(xùn)，使他不再開快車。

les.son

n.（名詞）
Something to be learned:
功課，課業(yè)，學(xué)業(yè)：需要學(xué)習(xí)的東西：
例句：
lessons from observing nature.
從觀察自然中獲得的東西

A period of instruction; a class.
一堂課；一節(jié)課
An assignment or exercise in which something is to be learned.
功課：學(xué)習(xí)某東西的作業(yè)或訓(xùn)練
The act or an instance of instructing; teaching.
課程，教程，教導(dǎo)：教育的行動或家例；教導(dǎo)

An experience, example, or observation that imparts beneficial new knowledge or wisdom.
經(jīng)驗，教訓(xùn)：能給人以有益的新知識或智慧的經(jīng)歷、例子或見聞
The knowledge or wisdom so acquired.
經(jīng)驗，教訓(xùn)：這樣獲得的知識和智慧
A rebuke or reprimand.
訓(xùn)斥，譴責(zé)
Often Lesson A reading from the Bible or other sacred text as part of a religious service.
常作 Lesson （圣經(jīng)）選讀：作為宗教儀式的一部分而從《圣經(jīng)》或其它宗教正文中選出一段宣讀
v.tr.（及物動詞）
les.soned,les.son.ing,les.sons
To teach a lesson to; instruct.
向…授課；教
To rebuke or reprimand.
訓(xùn)斥，譴責(zé)

來源：
Middle English lessoun
中古英語 lessoun
from Old French leson
源自 古法語 leson
from Latin lôctiô lôctiôn- [a reading]
源自 拉丁語 lôctiô lôctiôn- [閱讀]
from lôctus [past participle of] legere [to read] * see leg-
源自 lôctus [] legere的過去分詞 [閱讀] *參見 leg-