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单词 bourns
释义

bourn

noun

ˈbȯrn How to pronounce bourn (audio)
ˈbu̇rn
variants or bourne
: stream, brook

Synonyms

  • beck [British]
  • brook
  • brooklet
  • burn [British]
  • creek
  • gill [British]
  • rill
  • rivulet
  • run [chiefly Midland]
  • runlet
  • runnel
  • streamlet
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Example Sentences

idyllic days that were spent rambling the length of the bourn that flowed through that peaceful vale

Word History

Etymology

Middle English burn, bourne — more at burn

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined above

bourns

noun

variants or bournes
plural of bourn
as in creeks
a natural body of running water smaller than a river idyllic days that were spent rambling the length of the bourn that flowed through that peaceful vale

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • creeks
  • brooks
  • rills
  • runnels
  • streamlets
  • runs
  • streams
  • canals
  • becks
  • brooklets
  • rivulets
  • burns
  • runlets
  • freshes
  • freshets
  • tributaries
  • channels
  • sloughs
  • washes
  • billabongs
  • gills
  • arroyos
  • coulees
  • slues
  • watercourses
  • races
  • slews
  • bayous
  • runoffs
  • branches
  • distributaries
  • cutoffs
  • millraces
  • waterways
  • kills
  • millstreams
  • cuts
  • affluents
  • influents
  • confluents
  • guts
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