释义 |
bon I. \ˈbän\ noun (-s) Etymology: perhaps from Dutch boon bean, from Middle Dutch bōne; akin to Old High German bōna bean — more at bean 1. : broad bean 2. [perhaps another word] : kidney bean II. \ˈbȯn\ noun (-s) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Japanese : a great popular festival of Japan held July 13 to 16 when the spirits of ancestors are supposed to revisit the household altars — called also Feast of Lanterns III. noun (-s) Usage: capitalized Etymology: Tibetan bön : the pre-Buddhist animistic religion of Tibet IV. \ˈbän\ noun (-s) Etymology: origin unknown : china grass |