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"