bough

大学 FREQ #32414

n. 大树枝

发音

US /baʊ/
UK /baʊ/

词形变化

boughs 复数 boughs

别名

boughe bow bowe

教材释义与例句

名词

大树枝

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A tree-branch, usually a primary one directly attached to the trunk.

    大枝

    树枝

    枝

    When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall. (Rock-a-bye Baby)

  2. 2.

    A gallows.

    比喻 废旧 诗歌

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

limb tree-branch

相关短语

bough pot bough pots Bough Beech

词源

PIE word *bʰeh₂ǵʰús From Middle English bough (“branch of a bush or tree, especially a main branch; limb of an animal or person; something resembling a branch (such as a plant root or branch of a nerve); (figuratively) Christian cross; descendant, offspring”) [and other forms], from Old English bōg, bōh (“tree bough or branch; arm; shoulder”), from Proto-West Germanic *bōgu, from Proto-Germanic *bōguz (“shoulder; upper arm”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵʰús (“arm”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Bouch, West Frisian boech, Dutch boeg, German Low German Boog, German Bug, Danish bov, Icelandic bógur, and distantly with Ancient Greek πῆχυς (pêkhus, “forearm, cubit, etc.”). Doublet of bow ("front of a ship, prow").

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