| 单词 | barrow |
| 释义 | barrow barrow1 /bar"oh/, n. 1. a flat, rectangular frame used for carrying a load, esp. such a frame with projecting shafts at each end for handles; handbarrow. 2. a wheelbarrow. 3. Brit. a pushcart used by street vendors, esp. by costermongers. [bef. 1000; ME bar(e)we, OE bearwe; akin to MHG bere, BIER, BEAR1] barrow2 /bar"oh/, n. 1. Archaeol. tumulus (def. 1). 2. Chiefly Brit. a hill (sometimes used in combination): Trentishoe Barrow in North Devon; Whitbarrow in North Lancashire. [bef. 900; ME berw, beruh, bargh, berg(h), OE beorg hill, mound; c. OFris, OS, D, OHG berg mountain, ON bjarg, berg cliff, Armenian berdz height, Welsh bera heap; akin to Avestan baraz-, barazant-, Skt brhánt- high. See BOROUGH] barrow3 /bar"oh/, n. a castrated male swine. [bef. 1000; ME barowe, baru, OE bearg; c. OHG barug, ON borgr. Cf. BORE1, whose meaning is close to the semantics of cutting or splitting (referring to castration)] |
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