| 释义 |
‖ borné, a.|bɔrne|
[Fr., pa. pple. of borner to limit.]
Limited in scope, outlook, mental equipment, etc.
1795J. Moore Diary 27 May (1904) I. v. 153 His mind is borné and illiberal to a degree. 1850Househ. Words 3 Aug. 434/1 The Rockvilles remained high, proud, bigotted, and borné. 1873J. S. Mill Autobiogr. vi. 193 A jobbing and borné local oligarchy. 1936T. Watts-Dunton in G. K. Chesterton Autobiogr. xiii. 282 Anyone so borné as poor Browning was. 1961Partisan Rev. Anthol. (1962) 259 Certain crimes, certain characters, in their impudence or awfulness, have the power of making us feel bornés. |