bouk

n. [苏格兰英语]躯体, 躯干

发音

/baʊk/
/bəʊk/
UK /buːk/

词形变化

bouks 复数 bouks

别名

bouke

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The belly.

    英国 方言 废旧
  2. 2.

    The trunk or torso of the body, hence the body itself.

    英国 方言
  3. 3.

    The carcass of a slaughtered animal.

    英国 方言

词源

From Middle English bouk, from Old English būc (“belly, stomach, pitcher”), from Proto-West Germanic *būk, from Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“belly, body”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰōw- (“to blow, swell”). Doublet of bucket. Cognate with Scots bouk, bowk, buik (“body, carcass”), Dutch buik (“belly”), German Bauch (“belly”), Swedish buk (“belly, abdomen”), Norwegian Bokmål buk (“belly”), Icelandic búkur (“torso”). For the phonetic development, compare puck, suck.

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