| 单词 | bête noire |
| 释义 | bête noire[ beyt -nwahr; French bet -nwar ] / ˌbeɪt ˈnwɑr; French bɛt ˈnwar / SEE SYNONYMS FOR bête noire ON THESAURUS.COM noun, plural bêtes noires [beyt -nwahrz; French bet -nwar]. /ˌbeɪt ˈnwɑrz; French bɛt ˈnwar/.a person or thing especially disliked or dreaded; bane; bugbear. Origin of bête noire1835–45; <French: literally, black beast Words nearby bête noirebetazole, betel, Betelgeuse, betel nut, betel palm, bête noire, beth, bethanechol, bethanechol chloride, Bethany, be that as it may Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for bête noire
British Dictionary definitions for bête noirebête noire / French (bɛt nwar) / noun plural bêtes noires (bɛt nwar)a person or thing that one particularly dislikes or dreads Word Origin for bête noireliterally: black beast Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with bête noirebête noire A person or thing that is particularly disliked. For example, Calculus was the bête noire of my freshman courses. This phrase, French for “black beast,” entered the English language in the early 1800s. For synonyms, see pain in the neck; thorn in one's flesh. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Cultural definitions for bête noirebête noire [ (bet nwahr) ] Something or someone a person views with particular dislike: “The new candidate for governor is the bête noire of all the liberals in the state.” From French, meaning “black beast.” The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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