not·ed /ˈnotəd/
  (a.)著名的,顯著的,揚名的
  Note v. t. [imp. & p. p. Noted; p. pr. & vb. n. Noting.]
  1. To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed; to attend to.
     No more of that; I have noted it well.   --Shak.
  2. To record in writing; to make a memorandum of.
     Every unguarded word . . . was noted down.   --Maccaulay.
  3. To charge, as with crime (with of or for before the thing charged); to brand. [Obs.]
     They were both noted of incontinency.   --Dryden.
  4. To denote; to designate.
  5. To annotate. [R.]
  6. To set down in musical characters.
  To note a bill or To note a draft, to record on the back of it a refusal of acceptance, as the ground of a protest, which is done officially by a notary.
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  Not·ed a. Well known by reputation or report; eminent; famous; prominent; celebrated; as, a noted author, or traveler. -- Not*ed*ly, adv. -- Not*ed*ness, n.
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  noted
       adj 1: widely known and esteemed; "a famous actor"; "a celebrated
              musician"; "a famed scientist"; "an illustrious
              judge"; "a notable historian"; "a renowned painter"
              [syn: celebrated, famed, far-famed, famous, illustrious,
               notable, renowned]
       2: worthy of notice or attention; "a noted increase in the
          crime rate"