bullaun

发音

/ˈbʊlɔːn/
/ˈbʊlɑːn/

词形变化

bullauns 复数 bullauns

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A natural depression in a stone, often filled with water and sometimes pebbles.

    And Castledawson we'll enlist And Upperlands, each planted bawn- Like bleaching-greens resumed by grass-

    For when he shuffles across the esker I glimpse my grandfather’s whiskers stained with tobacco-pollen. When he piddles against a bullaun I know he carries bovine TB

词源

From Irish bullán.

来源:wiktionary