| 单词 | born and bred |
| 释义 | > as lemmasborn and bred b. born and bred (also bred and born): by birth and upbringing. Chiefly with reference to a place, with the implication that the person exhibits traits characteristic of it. Chiefly as a postmodifier. ΚΠ 1548 W. Patten Exped. Scotl. sig. b.viv Is it then possible..that..thear shoulde be ony..so mete for her as your princes own cuntreman, a right Briton both bred and borne? 1650 Brief Disc. betw. Yorkshirem. & Scottish-man 1 Yorks. I am a Yorkshireman born and bred, I care not who knowes it. 1752 W. Goodall Adventures Capt. Greenland IV. x. iii. 15 I am a Gentleman born and bred. 1882 W. M. Williams Sci. in Short Chapters 55 With all the conservative inconvincibility of a born and bred Englishman. 2005 L. Penny Still Life 254 He's a Golden Mile boy, born and bred. < as lemmas |
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