| 单词 | bear |
| 释义 | bear I. 1. or pl bear a. b. Australia c. 2. a. < bad-tempered and demanding, he was a perfect bear all morning > < a lumbering good-natured bear of a man > b. < a bear at mathematics > : one showing resolution or ruggedness in enduring < a bear for punishment > 3. a. obsolete b. 4. 5. a. b. c. 6. 7. II. < attempts to bear the stock market > III. chiefly Scotland IV. transitive verb 1. a. < let four captains bear Hamlet, like a soldier to the stage — Shakespeare > < bearing gifts to the newborn prince > b. < the right to bear a sword in the king's presence > c. < bearing malice in his heart > < the love he bore his mother > d. < killing the runner bearing the orders > < constantly bearing tales > e. < bearing himself well in battle > f. archaic < bear his power wisely > < bearing the rule in the land > g. < bearing a likeness to the suspect > < bearing the scars of old wounds > : be capable of (as meaning or significance) < a word bearing many meanings > h. < bearing false witness > < bear testimony > i. < bearing the name of John Doe > < bearing a good local reputation > < bearing a high price > j. < bearing the family coat of arms > k. < bearing a good pair of eyes > l. obsolete < bear it by speaking a great word — Francis Bacon > m. < bear the officer to his quarters > n. < bear a hand in helping > o. < goods borne in neutral ships > < airborne troops > 2. a. < she has borne several children > and is commonly used in passives seeming to suggest the action of giving birth especially as used with by < several children borne by her > — born is the usual form in passives indicating the fact of birth < a son born to her > < he was born in the city > and in adjective uses indicating condition or status often with durative aspect < new-born kittens > < a suitor lowly born — W.S.Gilbert > b. < a tree bearing late pears > < a bush bearing red flowers > c. (1) < this soil bears good cotton > (2) < oil-bearing shale > (3) < a bond that bears interest > d. < with this discovery a new age was born > e. < he loved teaching; he had been born to it > f. < after the lamb's head was born > 3. a. b. (1) < a nuisance not to be borne longer > (2) < bearing his sorrows as best he could > < pain more than he could bear > (3) < he could not bear his sister-in-law > c. (1) < he must bear the blame > (2) < bear by himself the whole cost of the arrangement > d. < columns that bear the roof > — often used with up < a support that bears up the weight > e. < a banner borne aloft > < a table bearing several vases > f. < he bore it hard to be ignored > — obs. with a personal object < Ligarius doth bear Caesar hard — Shakespeare > g. (1) < a cornerstone bearing a Latin inscription > < a letter bearing the date of 1900 > < a shield bearing strange symbols > (2) < inactive personnel still borne on the rolls > h. (1) < a style that can bear adornment > < a work that will not bear close scrutiny > (2) < his book bore heavy praise > < the answer of this witness will bear examination > i. archaic < her sentence bore that she should stand a certain time upon the platform — Nathaniel Hawthorne > j. < bearing only a secondary part > 4. < the defenders being borne backward > < a canoe borne down the rapids > intransitive verb 1. a. < bear back that the prince may pass > b. < the land bears N by E > < the fleet bearing directly off the point > c. < a stream bearing south for several miles > d. < to bring guns to bear upon a target > e. < nearer and nearer the foe are bearing > often < the road bears west beyond the lake > < bear right into the outer lane at the next corner but do not turn > 2. a. < facts bearing on the question > b. < to bring pressure to bear > < how this discovery will bear on later developments > < legislation brought to bear directly upon industry — Harriet Martineau > c. < the wall bearing on the floor > < an arch bearing against piers > 3. a. < a wall added later that does not bear > < these small joists will not bear > b. obsolete c. < wondering if the thawing ice would still bear > 4. < plants that bear well > Synonyms: < bearing children > < a sow may bear litters of over a dozen > < these fruit trees bear very well > produce is very wide in its application and is used for any act of bringing forth or making < the tree will produce no fruit > < a pair will produce over a hundred offspring > < the factory is producing more silk than ever > < he produced a book on the subject at the publisher's request > < not until the end of the tenth century did the English produce a truly notable prose writer — Kemp Malone > < George was dead. This death produced no effect of sadness on me at all — Arnold Bennett > yield may center attention on the fact of giving forth or out of something within < the farms yielded a variety of fruit, vegetables, poultry, and cattle — American Guide Series: New Jersey > < these areas yield about one hundred thousand barrels of oil a day — Current Biography > turn out indicates production or result of previous labor or effort < the factory is now turning out more automobiles > Synonyms: < bear the brunt of the fighting > < bear the major part of the loss > < bear the pain of the illness > < his decency, which has made him bear prolonged and intolerable humiliation with control and courtesy — Marya Mannes > < a hardy crew, these men who bore the hardships of the lumbering industry — American Guide Series: Washington > endure indicates the fact of lasting without succumbing, of continuing unbroken or firm through trials and difficulties < he had endured, and was to endure again, a life of tragic penury — W.B.Yeats > < an element of the austere which has allowed him to endure the miseries of prison life with indifference — Times Literary Supplement > < Chinese culture has endured many conquerors but has always managed to absorb them — Stuart Chase > suffer indicates the experiencing of affliction, or what is felt to be like affliction, sometimes with voluntary acceptance < identify himself so thoroughly with the cause of the exploited Indian that he denounced his Puritan fellows and suffered exile — H.A.Overstreet > < braves suffered their hands and noses to be cut off for their defiance of Spanish authority — American Guide Series: Florida > < for a moment the girl suffered the caress; almost she seemed to nestle closer to the Dowager's shoulder — Rafael Sabatini > abide may refer notably to looking forward to afflictive circumstances or agencies as well as trying to endure them with patience and stoicism < I had been grossly wrong, and must abide the consequences — Jane Austen > < he fled to Sicily, with a tacit confession that he dared not abide his trial — J.A.Froude > < she was a professional do-gooder, a professional busybody; Hawthorne could not abide her — H.S.Commager > tolerate suggests an enduring or countenancing conditioned in part by individual characteristics or inclinations < the Father of all mankind seems always to have tolerated a diversity of views among His children — M.R.Cohen > < children have been found quite able to tolerate eyeglasses at the age of fifteen months — Morris Fishbein > < Arnold swallowed an injustice which others would not have tolerated — R.G.Adams > stand, which sometimes has informal suggestion, may apply to bearing with steady firmness, without discomposure or flinching < his wife could not have stood another winter here — Owen Wister > < this interference, is more than we can stand — W.S.Gilbert > Synonym: see in addition carry, press. • - bear a hand - bear arms - bear arms against - bear date - bear fruit - bear in hand - bear in mind - bear in with - bear low sail - bear with |
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