单词 | bream |
释义 | Word Frequency bream 1(briːm, Australian English brɪm) or Australian brim (brɪm) nounWord forms: plural bream or brim 1. any of several Eurasian freshwater cyprinid fishes of the genus Abramis, esp A. brama, having a deep compressed body covered with silvery scales 2. white bream 3. short for sea bream 4. Australian any of various marine fishes Word origin C14: from Old French bresme, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German brahsema; perhaps related to brehan to glitterWord Frequency bream 2(briːm) verb nautical (formerly) to clean debris from (the bottom of a vessel) by heating to soften the pitch Word origin C15: probably from Middle Dutch bremme broom; from using burning broom as a source of heatWord Frequency Bream(briːm) noun Julian (Alexander). born 1933, English guitarist and lutenist |
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