单词 | bear |
释义 | bear (once / 23 pages) 1v 2v 3v 4v 5v 6n 7n To bear is to carry or endure, whether by physical or mental force. If you can bear to read on, you'll find out all the different ways to use the word bear. Obviously you know the big hairy mountain-roaming animal, but you might not have heard about a bear on Wall Street — an investor who is pessimistic about the market. In its verb form, bear is rooted in the Old English beran, meaning “to bring forth, sustain, endure” and more. So you can bear (or carry) a grudge. You can bear (or give birth to) children. Or you can bear (or stand) to listen to your great aunt tell the same story for the umpteenth time if you have a kind soul. WORD FAMILYbear: bearable, bearer, bearing, bearish, bears, borne, forebear, overbear+/bearable: bearably, unbearable/bearer: bearers/bearing: bearings, nonbearing/bearish: bearishly/forebear: forebears/overbear: overbearing, overbears, overbore, overborne/overbearing: overbearingly, overbearingness/unbearable: unbearably USAGE EXAMPLES“The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is planning on using public pressure,” he said. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) In 1974, he was travelling from Beirut to Jerusalem in a car bearing Vatican diplomatic plates when it was stopped by Israeli security forces. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) Police haven’t released details of her role in the incident Sunday afternoon during the Vikings’ season finale against the Chicago Bears. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1v be pregnant with She is bearing his child Syn|Hyper carry, expect, gestate, have a bun in the oven birth, deliver, give birth, have cause to be born expectlook forward to the birth of a child birth, deliver, give birth, have cause to be born 2v cause to be born Syn|Hypo|Hyper birth, deliver, give birth, have carry, expect, gestate, have a bun in the oven be pregnant with twin give birth to twins dropgive birth; used for animals foalgive birth to a foal cubgive birth to cubs kittenhave kittens lambgive birth to a lamb littergive birth to a litter of animals pup, whelpbirth farrow, piggive birth fawnhave fawns calve, have youngbirth carry, expect, gestate, have a bun in the ovenbe pregnant with bring forth, produce bring forth or yield 3v bring forth, "The apple tree bore delicious apples this year" 2The unidentified plant bore gorgeous flowers Syn|Hypo|Hyper turn out spin off produce as a consequence of something larger seedbear seeds cropyield crops overbearbear too much fruitbear fruit create, make make or cause to be or to become 1v have bear a resemblance bear a signature Hypo|Hyper carry have on the surface or on the skin feature, have have as a feature 2v have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices She bears the title of Duchess Syn|Hyper hold have, have got, hold have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense 3v bring in 3interest- bearing accounts Syn|Hypo|Hyper pay, yield clear, net yield as a net profit pay offyield a profit or result bring in, clear, earn, gain, make, pull in, realise, realize, take in earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages 1v move while holding up or supporting Bear gifts bear a heavy load bear news bearing orders Hypo|Hyper frogmarch carry someone against his will upside down such that each limb is held by one person carry, transport move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body 2v support or hold in a certain manner Syn|Hypo carry, hold sling hold or carry in a sling stoopcarry oneself, often habitually, with head, shoulders, and upper back bent forward piggybacksupport on the back and shoulders balance, poisehold or carry in equilibrium acquit, behave, carry, comport, conduct, deportbehave in a certain manner jugglehold with difficulty and balance insecurely flusterbe flustered; behave in a confused manner assert, put forwardinsist on having one's opinions and rights recognized dealbehave in a certain way towards others walk aroundbehave in a certain manner or have certain properties pose, posturebehave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others 3v contain or hold; have within Syn|Hypo|Hyper carry, contain, hold contain, hold, take be capable of holding or containing retain hold back within confine, enclose, hold inclose in; "darkness confined him" border, boundform the boundary of; be contiguous to embankenclose with banks, as for support or protection rail, rail inenclose with rails box in, box upenclose or confine as if in a box frameenclose in a frame, as of a picture include have as a part, be made up out of 4v have on one's person 4bear a scar Syn|Hyper wear feature, have have as a feature 1v put up with something or somebody unpleasant I cannot bear his constant criticism Syn|Hypo|Hyper abide, brook, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate suffer experience (emotional) pain accept, live with, swallow tolerate or accommodate oneself to hold still for, stand fortolerate or bear bear upendure cheerfully take lying downsuffer without protest; suffer or endure passively take a jokelisten to a joke at one's own expense sit outendure to the end paybear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action get one's lumps, take one's lumpssuffer the results or consequences of one's behavior or actions allow, countenance, let, permit consent to, give permission 2v take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person 5She agreed to bear the responsibility Syn|Hypo|Hyper accept, assume, take over carry-the can, face the music accept the unpleasant consequences of one's actions take take into one's possession v behave in a certain manner 6he bore himself with dignity Syn|Hypo|Hyper acquit, behave, carry, comport, conduct, deport fluster be flustered; behave in a confused manner assert, put forwardinsist on having one's opinions and rights recognized dealbehave in a certain way towards others walk aroundbehave in a certain manner or have certain properties pose, posturebehave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others attitudinise, attitudinizeassume certain affected attitudes carry, hold support or hold in a certain manner act, moveperform an action, or work out or perform (an action) n massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws 7Hypo|Hyper bear cub a young bear Ursus arctos, brown bear, bruinlarge ferocious bear of Eurasia bruina conventional name for a bear used in tales following usage in the old epic `Reynard the Fox' American black bear, Euarctos americanus, Ursus americanus, black bearbrown to black North American bear; smaller and less ferocious than the brown bear Asiatic black bear, Selenarctos thibetanus, Ursus thibetanus, black bearbear with a black coat living in central and eastern Asia Thalarctos maritimus, Ursus Maritimus, ice bear, polar bearwhite bear of Arctic regions Melursus ursinus, Ursus ursinus, sloth bearcommon coarse-haired long-snouted bear of south-central Asia Syrian bear, Ursus arctos syriacusyellowish-grey Syrian brown bear Ursus arctos horribilis, Ursus horribilis, grizzly, grizzly bear, silver-tip, silvertippowerful brownish-yellow bear of the uplands of western North America Alaskan brown bear, Kodiak, Kodiak bear, Ursus arctos middendorffi, Ursus middendorffibrown bear of coastal Alaska and British Columbia cinnamon bearreddish-brown color phase of the American black bear carnivore a terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal n an investor with a pessimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to fall and so sells now in order to buy later at a lower price Ant|Hyper bull an investor with an optimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to rise and so buys now for resale later investor someone who commits capital in order to gain financial returns |
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