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borrowed 音標拼音: [b'ɑr ,od] a. 借來的 借來的 Borrow \ Bor" row\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Borrowed}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Borrowing}.] [ OE. borwen, AS. borgian, fr. borg, borh, pledge; akin to D. borg, G. borg; prob. fr. root of AS. beorgan to protect. ? 95. See 1st { Borough}.] 1. To receive from another as a loan, with the implied or expressed intention of returning the identical article or its equivalent in kind; -- the opposite of lend. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Arith.) To take ( one or more) from the next higher denomination in order to add it to the next lower; -- a term of subtraction when the figure of the subtrahend is larger than the corresponding one of the minuend. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To copy or imitate; to adopt; as, to borrow the style, manner, or opinions of another. [ 1913 Webster] Rites borrowed from the ancients. -- Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster] It is not hard for any man, who hath a Bible in his hands, to borrow good words and holy sayings in abundance; but to make them his own is a work of grace only from above. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 4. To feign or counterfeit. " Borrowed hair." -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster] The borrowed majesty of England. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 5. To receive; to take; to derive. [ 1913 Webster] Any drop thou borrowedst from thy mother. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] { To borrow trouble}, to be needlessly troubled; to be overapprehensive. [ 1913 Webster]
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