| 单词 | bred-in-the-bone |
| 释义 | bred-in-the-bone in American English (ˈbrednðəˈboun) adjective 1. firmly instilled or established as if by heredity the bred-in-the-bone integrity of the school's principal 2. deeply committed or resolved; unwavering a bred-in-the-bone believer in civil rights Word origin [from the proverb “What is bred in the bone will not come out of the flesh,” firstrecorded in England (in Latin) ca. 1290, widespread in various versions since the15th cent.] |
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