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

单词

burden

释义

something that is carried; a load

something, e.g. a responsibility or debt, regarded as oppressive or wearisome; an encumbrance

capacity for carrying cargo

a ship of a hundred tons’ burden

[Old English byrthen; related to Old English beran bear²]

to give (somebody) a burden of some kind to bear

I'll not burden you with a lengthy account

the chorus or refrain of a song or poem

a central topic; a theme

[alteration of bourdon drone bass, e.g. in a bagpipe, from early French bourdon bass pipe, of imitative origin]

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