单词 | barn |
释义 | barn 1. n.   1. a large farm building for storing grain etc.   2. derog. a large plain or unattractive building.   3. US a large shed for storing road or railway vehicles. Phrases and idioms barn dance   1. an informal social gathering for country dancing, orig. in a barn.   2. a dance for a number of couples forming a line or circle, with couples moving along it in turn. barn-owl a kind of owl, Tyto alba, frequenting barns. Etymology: OE bern, beren f. bere barley + ern, {aelig}rn house 2. n. Physics a unit of area, 10(-28) square metres, used esp. in particle physics. Usage Symb.: b. Etymology: perh. f. phrase 'as big as a barn' |
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