英语词汇“bean”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

bean

(bēn)

a. Any of various twining herbs of the genus Phaseolus in the pea family, native to the Americas, having leaves with three leaflets and variously colored flowers, and widely cultivated for their edible pods and seeds.

b. A seed or pod of any of these plants.

2. Any of several related plants or their seeds or pods, such as the adzuki bean, broad bean, or soybean.

3. Any of various other plants or their seeds or fruits, especially those suggestive of beans such as the coffee bean or vanilla bean.

4. Slang A person's head.

5. beans Slang A small amount: I don't know beans about investing.

6. Chiefly British A fellow; a chap.

tr.v. beaned, bean·ing, beans
Slang

To hit (another) on the head with a thrown object, especially a pitched baseball.

Idioms:

full of beans

1. Energetic; frisky: The children were too full of beans to sit still.

2. Badly mistaken: Don't believe him; he's full of beans.

spill the beans

To disclose a secret.

[Middle English ben, broad bean, from Old English bēan; see bha-bhā- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

单词	bean
释义	bean (bēn) n. 1. a. Any of various twining herbs of the genus Phaseolus in the pea family, native to the Americas, having leaves with three leaflets and variously colored flowers, and widely cultivated for their edible pods and seeds. b. A seed or pod of any of these plants. 2. Any of several related plants or their seeds or pods, such as the adzuki bean, broad bean, or soybean. 3. Any of various other plants or their seeds or fruits, especially those suggestive of beans such as the coffee bean or vanilla bean. 4. Slang A person's head. 5. beans Slang A small amount: I don't know beans about investing. 6. Chiefly British A fellow; a chap. tr.v. beaned, bean·ing, beans Slang To hit (another) on the head with a thrown object, especially a pitched baseball. *Idioms:* *full of beans* 1. Energetic; frisky: The children were too full of beans to sit still. 2. Badly mistaken: Don't believe him; he's full of beans. *spill the beans* To disclose a secret. [Middle English ben, broad bean, from Old English bēan; see bha-bhā- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
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