英语词汇“bordered pit”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

border /börˈdər/

noun

The edge or margin of anything

The boundary of a country, etc, esp (with cap) that between England and Scotland

(in pl; with cap and the) the area of Scotland bordering on England, esp the area between Northumberland and the Lothians

A flower-bed in a garden

A piece of ornamental edging or trimming

adjective

Of or on the border

intransitive verb

To come near or be adjacent (with on, upon, with)

To verge on, be nearly the same as (with on)

transitive verb

To provide with a border

To form a border to, be adjacent to

ORIGIN: OFr bordure; from root of board

bordˈered adjective

bordˈerer noun

A person who lives or was born on the border of a country

bordˈerless adjective

Border collie noun

A breed of medium-sized, usu black and white, collie dog

bordered pit noun (botany)

A thin area in the secondary wall of a cell, surrounded by a thickened arched border

border effect noun (image technol)

A faint dark line on the denser side of a boundary between a lightly exposed and a heavily exposed region on a developed emulsion (also edge effect or fringe effect)

bordˈerland noun

A border region
The undefined margin between two things (also adjective)

Border Leicester noun

A sheep of a breed developed by crossbreeding Leicesters and Cheviots

bordˈerline adjective

Marginal, doubtfully or just coming within the definition of a quality, condition, etc (also noun)

borderline personality disorder noun (psychiatry)

A mental illness characterized by instability of mood and behaviour, problems with relationships and self-image, and sometimes dissociation and paranoia

Border terrier noun

A small rough-haired terrier, orig from the Borders