| 释义 |
bout
I. \|bau̇t, |bət\ preposition
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English būtan without, except — more at but
dialect England : without
< he came bout a hat >
II. \ˈbau̇t, usu -au̇d.+V\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: alteration of bought (bend)
1.
a. dialect Britain : a trip going and returning in plowing or mowing : turn
b. : a course or round of knitting
c. dialect chiefly England : time, occasion
< won't be caught napping this bout >
2. : a spell of activity or a period of action having a definite beginning and end: as
a. : a contest or match especially of boxing, wrestling, fencing : turn
< a bout at cudgels >
b. : outburst, attack, siege
< bouts of bad temper >
< drinking bout >
< a bout of fever >
c. : session
< long bouts of stubborn argument >
3. : one of the six sections or ribs comprising the side walls of the body of a stringed instrument (as a violin); sometimes : the waist section only
III. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
: to plow (a field) by bouts |