| 单词 | born |
| 释义 | born[ bawrn ] / bɔrn / SEE SYNONYMS FOR born ON THESAURUS.COM adjectivebrought forth by birth. possessing from birth the quality, circumstances, or character stated: a born musician; a born fool. native to the locale stated; immigrated to the present place from the locale stated: a German-born scientist; a Chicago-born New Yorker. verba past participle of bear1. Idioms for bornborn yesterday, naive; inexperienced: You can't fool me with that old trick—I wasn't born yesterday. Origin of bornFirst recorded before 1000; Middle English; Old English boren (past participle of beran “to give birth”), equivalent to bor- past participle stem + -en past participle suffix; see bear1, -en3 words often confused with bornSince the latter part of the 18th century, a distinction has been made between born and borne as past participles of the verb bear1 . Borne is the past participle in all senses that do not refer to physical birth: The wheatfields have borne abundantly this year. Judges have always borne a burden of responsibility. Borne is also the participle when the sense is “to bring forth (young)” and the focus is on the mother rather than on the child. In such cases, borne is preceded by a form of have or followed by by: Anna had borne a son the previous year. Two children borne by her earlier were already grown. When the focus is on the offspring or on something brought forth as if by birth, born is the standard spelling, and it occurs only in passive constructions: My friend was born in Ohio. No children have been born at the South Pole. A strange desire was born of the tragic experience. Born is also an adjective meaning “by birth,” “innate,” or “native”: born free; a born troublemaker; Mexican-born. OTHER WORDS FROM bornpre·born, adjectiveself-born, adjectiveWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH bornborn , borne (see confusables note at current entry)Words nearby bornBorlaug, borlotti bean, borm, Borman, Bormann, born, borna disease, born-again, born-again Christian, born and bred, born-digital Definition for born (2 of 2)Born [ bawrn ] / bɔrn / nounMax, 1882–1970, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1954. Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for bornBritish Dictionary definitions for born (1 of 2)born / (bɔːn) / verbthe past participle (in most passive uses) of bear 1 (def. 4) was not born yesterday is not gullible or foolish adjectivepossessing or appearing to have possessed certain qualities from birtha born musician
in all one's born days informal so far in one's life usage for bornCare should be taken not to use born where borne is intended: he had borne (not born) his ordeal with great courage; the following points should be borne in mind British Dictionary definitions for born (2 of 2)Born / (bɔːn) / nounMax . 1882–1970, British nuclear physicist, born in Germany, noted for his fundamental contribution to quantum mechanics: Nobel prize for physics 1954 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with bornborn The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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