请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 bonne
释义 I. bonne, a. and n.|bɔn|
[F. bonne, fem. of bon good; also n. a nurse, i.e. ‘good woman’.]
A. adj. Good. Obs.
a1529Skelton Magnyf. 1003 Her fethers donne, Well⁓faueryd, bonne.
B. n.
1. A good girl; ? a novice. Obs.
a1529Skelton Image Hypocr. iv. 133 Systers and nonnes And littel pretty bonnes.
2. A (French) nursemaid.
1771Wilkes Corr. (1805) IV. 85 Do not forget me to your bonne.1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. III. i. ii. 22 Old ladies..rang for their Bonnes and cordial-drops.1848Thackeray Van. Fair xxxvi, Her French bonne with her, the child by her side.
C. In certain French phrases, now or formerly in English use:
bonne-bouche |bɔn buʃ|. pl. bonnes bouches. [F. bonne good, bouche mouth.] In French ‘A pleasing taste in the mouth’ (Littré): but in English taken for ‘dainty mouthful or morsel’ (in French ‘morceau qui fait ou donne bonne bouche’).
1762Symmer in Ellis Orig. Lett. ii. 495 IV. 455, I must give you a piece of good news by way of a bonne bouche.1822W. Kitchiner Cook's Orac. 343 Its high rank on the list of savoury Bonnes Bouches.1870Eng. Mech. 21 Jan. 449/1 Some early bird, to which a caterpillar is a bonne bouche.
bonne femme |bɔn fam|. [F. bonne good, femme wife.] Also à la bonne femme. In the manner of a good housewife: applied esp. postpositively to food prepared in various ways.
1824Byron Juan xv. lxiii. 36 There was a goodly ‘soupe à la bonne femme’.1869M. Jewry Warne's Model Cookery 35/2 Eggs a la Bonne Femme.1959R. Postgate Good Food Guide 148 Sole bonne femme.
bonne fortune |bɔn fɔrtyn|. [Fr.] A lady's favours, as a thing to boast of or pride oneself on; also transf.
1823Byron Juan xiv. lxiv. 149 'Tis best to pause, and think..If that a ‘bonne fortune’ be really ‘bonne’.1825H. Wilson Memoirs I. 314 Beauclerc was, in due time, tired of his bonne fortune.Ibid. II. 86 She flattered their vanity with the idea, that her acquaintance was an unusual bonne fortune.1939Times Lit. Suppl. 4 Nov. 637/1 London drawing-rooms, whose bonnes fortunes were many and gratifying even by Regency standards.
bonne mine |bɔn min|. Obs. Good appearance, good show. to make a bonne-mine (Mil.): to display oneself in force, to show a bold front.
1644Sir G. Dudley To Prince Rupert 3 (D.) We expected they would have disputed our passage over the river Dun, but they only made a bon-mine there and left us the Toune.1660Blount Boscobel 9 Sultan Oliver appear'd..on Redhill..where he made a Bonne-mine but attempted nothing.
II. bonne
obs. form of bun and boon a.
随便看

 

英语词典包含277258条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2025/1/10 16:14:49