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单词 aborn
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abornv.

Brit. /əˈbɔːn/, U.S. /əˈbɔrn/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: a- prefix3English born , bear v.1
Etymology: Originally (and chiefly) in aborning , < a- prefix3 + born, past participle of bear v.1 + -ing suffix1. Compare born v.
Originally and chiefly U.S.
intransitive. Only in present participle. To be born or produced. Frequently in to die aborning.
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1856 Adams Sentinel (Gettysburg, Pa.) 5 May ‘Well if you must know,’ said the boy at last, driven to desperation by his pertinacity ‘he died aborning!
1877 Dubuque (Iowa) Herald 10 Mar. 1/3 (heading) Still A-borning, Is the Condition of the Cabinet Confirmations in the Senate.
1916 S. Gompers in Amer. Federationist 23 1172 A desire for justice that was aborning in the foreign workers.
1938 O. Nash I'm Stranger here Myself 114 Look at all the noble projects that die a-borning.
1943 H. A. Wallace Cent. Common Man (1944) 87 A future which..will save and share the culture past and now aborning.
1973 H. L. Nieburg Culture Storm viii. 146 In the early 1960s, as hippiedom was aborning, the underground press spread the word.
2003 Law & Society Rev. 37 9 An effort to form a coalition to oppose the development of a new weapons system..would be likely to die aborning.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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