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boon 音標拼音: [b'un] n. 恩惠,恩賜,福利,裨益,幫助,照顧 恩惠,恩賜,福利,裨益,幫助,照顧 boon adj 1: very close and convivial; " boon companions" n 1: a desirable state; " enjoy the blessings of peace"; " a spanking breeze is a boon to sailors" [ synonym: { blessing}, { boon}] Boon \ Boon\ ( b[= oo] n), n. [ OE. bone, boin, a petition, fr. Icel. b[= o] n; akin to Sw. & Dan. b[ aum] n, AS. b[= e] n, and perh. to E. ban; but influenced by F. bon good, fr. L. bonus. [ root] 86. See 2d { Ban}, { Bounty}.] 1. A prayer or petition. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] For which to God he made so many an idle boon. -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster] 2. That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift; a benefaction; a grant; a present. [ 1913 Webster] Every good gift and every perfect boon is from above. -- James i. 17 ( Rev. Ver. ). [ 1913 Webster]
Boon \ Boon\, a. [ F. bon. See { Boon}, n.] 1. Good; prosperous; as, boon voyage. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] 2. Kind; bountiful; benign. [ 1913 Webster] Which . . . Nature boon Poured forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Gay; merry; jovial; convivial. [ 1913 Webster] A boon companion, loving his bottle. -- Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster]
Boon \ Boon\, n. [ Scot. boon, bune, been, Gael. & Ir. bunach coarse tow, fr. bun root, stubble.] The woody portion flax, which is separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching. [ 1913 Webster] 43 Moby Thesaurus words for " boon": advantage, avail, award, behalf, behoof, benediction, benefaction, benefit, benevolence, benison, blessing, blithe, blithesome, compliment, convivial, favor, festive, free and easy, gain, gay, gift, gleeful, godsend, good, grace, gratuity, hail- fellow- well- met, hearty, interest, jocund, jolly, jovial, largess, loaves and fishes, manna, manna from heaven, mirthful, present, profit, reward, welfare, well- being, world of good
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