bourne

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /bɔːn/    美 /boɹn/|[bo̞ɹn]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A boundary; a limit. archaic,countable
    — [T]he dread of ſomething after death, / The vndiſcouer'd country, from whoſe borne / No trauiler returnes, puzzels the will, […]
  2. A stream or brook in which water flows only seasonally; a small stream or brook.
  3. A goal or destination. archaic,countable,uncountable
    — I passed through many beautiful and majestic scenes; but my eyes were fixed and unobserving. I could only think of the bourne of my travels, and the work which was to occupy me whilst they endured.

词形变化

bournes plural bournes plural

词源

词源 1
From Middle French borne, from Old French bodne, from Medieval Latin bodina, a word of unknown ultimate origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn (“bottom, base”), see also Proto-Celtic *bundos.
词源 2
From Middle English bourne, from Old English burna. Doublet of burn.
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