brae

n. 斜坡, 山坡

发音

UK /bɹeɪ/
其它
UK /bɹɪə/
其它
UK /bɹiː/
其它
SCOT /bɾe/
US /bɹeɪ/

词形变化

braes 复数 braes

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The sloping bank of a river valley.

    苏格兰
  2. 2.

    Any hillside or slope.

    苏格兰

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

hillside

相关短语

Orchard Brae Logie Brae

词源

From Middle English bro, bra (“bank of a stream; raised edge of a ditch or pit”), from Old Norse brá (“eyebrow; eyelash”) (probably in the sense of the brow of a hill), from Proto-Germanic *brēwō (“eyebrow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰrúHs (“eyebrow”). The English word is cognate with Old English brǣw, brēaw (“eyelid”), Old High German brāwa (Middle High German brā, modern German Braue (“eyebrow”)), Old Saxon brāwa, brāha (“eyebrow; eyelash”); and is a doublet of bree (“(Scotland) brow; forehead; (obsolete or dialectal, Scotland) eyebrow; eyelid”) and brow.

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