bourn 音標拼音: [b'ɔrn]
n . 目的地;目標;境界;小河
目的地;目標;境界;小河
bourn n 1 :
an archaic term for a boundary [
synonym : {
bourn }, {
bourne }]
2 :
an archaic term for a goal or destination [
synonym : {
bourn },
{
bourne }]
Bourn \
Bourn \,
Bourne \
Bourne \,
n . [
F .
borne .
See {
Bound }
a limit .]
A bound ;
a boundary ;
a limit .
Hence :
Point aimed at ;
goal .
[
1913 Webster ]
Where the land slopes to its watery bourn . --
Cowper .
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The undiscovered country ,
from whose bourn No traveler returns . --
Shak .
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Sole bourn ,
sole wish ,
sole object of my song .
--
Wordsworth .
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To make the doctrine . . .
their intellectual bourne .
--
Tyndall .
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Bourn \
Bourn \,
Bourne \
Bourne \,
n . [
OE .
burne ,
borne ,
AS .
burna ;
akin to OS .
brunno spring ,
G .
born ,
brunnen ,
OHG .
prunno ,
Goth .
brunna ,
Icel .
brunnr ,
and perh .
to Gr . ?.
The root is prob .
that of burn ,
v .,
because the source of a stream seems to issue forth bubbling and boiling from the earth .
Cf .
{
Torrent },
and see {
Burn },
v .]
A stream or rivulet ;
a burn .
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1913 Webster ]
My little boat can safely pass this perilous bourn .
--
Spenser .
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1913 Webster ]
Bourn 98 Moby Thesaurus words for "
bourn ":
adolescent stream ,
anchorage ,
arroyo ,
beck ,
border line ,
bound ,
boundary ,
boundary condition ,
boundary line ,
braided stream ,
branch ,
break boundary ,
breakoff point ,
brook ,
brooklet ,
burn ,
ceiling ,
channel ,
circumscription ,
compass ,
confine ,
creek ,
crick ,
cutoff ,
cutoff point ,
deadline ,
delimitation ,
destination ,
determinant ,
division line ,
end ,
extremity ,
finish ,
floor ,
flowing stream ,
fluviation ,
fresh ,
freshet ,
frontier ,
gill ,
goal ,
harbor ,
haven ,
hedge ,
high -
water mark ,
interface ,
kill ,
last stop ,
lazy stream ,
limen ,
limit ,
limitation ,
limiting factor ,
line ,
line of demarcation ,
low -
water mark ,
lower limit ,
march ,
mark ,
meandering stream ,
mete ,
midchannel ,
midstream ,
millstream ,
moving road ,
navigable river ,
port ,
race ,
racing stream ,
river ,
rivulet ,
run ,
rundle ,
runlet ,
runnel ,
sike ,
spill stream ,
start ,
starting line ,
starting point ,
stop ,
stopping place ,
stream ,
stream action ,
streamlet ,
subterranean river ,
target date ,
term ,
terminal ,
terminal date ,
terminal point ,
terminus ,
threshold ,
time allotment ,
upper limit ,
wadi ,
watercourse ,
waterway
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BOURN Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of BOURN is stream, brook
BOURN definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary 3 meanings: archaic 1 a destination; goal 2 a boundary mainly Southern England a stream, esp an intermittent one in chalk Click for more definitions
Bourn - definition of bourn by The Free Dictionary [Middle English, from Old English burna; see bhreu- in Indo-European roots ] n Archaic 1 A destination; a goal 2 A boundary; a limit [French bourne, from French dialectal bosne, borne, from Old French bodne, limit, boundary marker, from Medieval Latin bodina, perhaps of Celtic origin ]
“Born” or “Bourn” or “Bourne”—Which to use? | Sapling born bourn bourne are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones) To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term 👇
bourn | bourne, n. ¹ meanings, etymology and more | Oxford . . . What does the noun bourn mean? There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun bourn See ‘Meaning use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence
Bourn Definition Meaning - YourDictionary Bourn definition: A small stream; a brook
What does Bourn mean? - Definitions. net Bourn is a small village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire, England Surrounding villages include Caxton, Eltisley and Cambourne It is 8 miles from the county town of Cambridge