| 单词 | bound |
| 释义 | bound 1. v. & n. --vintr. 1. a spring, leap (bounded out of bed). b walk or run with leaping strides. 2. (of a ball etc.) recoil from a wall or the ground; bounce. --n 1. a springy movement upwards or outwards; a leap. 2. a bounce. Phrases and idioms by leaps and bounds see LEAP. Etymology: F bond, bondir (orig. of sound) f. LL bombitare f. L bombus hum 2. n. & v. --n (usu. in pl.) 1. a limitation; a restriction (beyond the bounds of possibility). 2. a border of a territory; a boundary. --vtr. 1. (esp. in passive; foll. by by) set bounds to; limit (views bounded by prejudice). 2. be the boundary of. Phrases and idioms out of bounds 1. outside the part of a school etc. in which one is allowed to be. 2. beyond what is acceptable; forbidden. Etymology: ME f. AF bounde, OF bonde etc., f. med.L bodina, earlier butina, of unkn. orig. 3. adj. 1. (usu. foll. by for) ready to start or having started (bound for stardom). 2. (in comb.) moving in a specified direction (northbound; outward bound). Etymology: ME f. ON b{uacute}inn past part. of b{uacute}a get ready: -d euphonic, or partly after BIND(1) 4. past and past part. of BIND. Phrases and idioms bound to certain to (he's bound to come). |
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