bran

名词 n. 动词 v.
/ˈbɹæn/    /ˈbɹæn/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain. countable,uncountable
  2. The European carrion crow.
动词 v.
  1. To clean (metal) using a branner. transitive

词形变化

brans plural brans present,singular,third-person branning participle,present branned participle,past branned past brans plural

词源

词源 1
From Middle English bran, branne, bren, from Old French bren, bran (“bran, filth”), from Gaulish brennos (“rotten”), from Proto-Celtic *bragnos (“rotten, foul”) (compare Welsh braen (“stench”), Irish bréan (“rancid”), Walloon brin (“excrement”)), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreHg- (compare Latin fragrāre (“to smell strongly”), Dutch brak (“hound”)).
词源 2
From a Celtic source; compare Welsh brân and Cornish bran.
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