| 单词 | barn |
| 释义 | barn (once / 335 pages) 1n 2n A barn is an outbuilding on a farm used to keep animals or crops safe and dry. A farmer might store hay in the upper part of a barn, and have stalls for horses in the main section. In rural areas there are many barns, often built from wood and standing near a main farmhouse. Some barns have wide doors with stalls for animals inside, and a hayloft at the top, where hay or other crops can be stored. In Old English, a barn or bereærn literally meant "barley house," from bere, "barley," and aern, "house." WORD FAMILYbarn: barnful, barns USAGE EXAMPLESThe quarantine began in a barn where two horses tested positive last week. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) He says he isn’t sure what role each played in the arsons that destroyed barns, at least two houses and other structures. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) While barn switches are common, it is remarkable for an owner to cease operations with the most accomplished trainer of his era. Los Angeles Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1 n an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals 2Hypo|Hyper byre, cow barn, cowbarn, cowhouse, cowshed a barn for cows tithe barnbarn originally built to hold tithes paid in kind and common in England farm building a building on a farm n (physics) a unit of nuclear cross section; the effective circular area that one particle presents to another as a target for an encounter Syn|Hyper b area unit, square measure a system of units used to measure areas |
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