busk

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /bʌsk/    美 /bʌsk/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A strip of metal, whalebone, wood, or other material, worn in the front of a corset to stiffen it.
    — Her long slit sleeves, stiffe buske, puffe verdingall, / Is all that makes her thus angelicall.
  2. A kind of linen. obsolete
    — Busk, a kind of table linen, occurs first in 1458, and occasionally afterwards.
  3. A corset. broadly
    — Off with that happy busk, which I envie, / That still can be, and still can stand so nigh.
动词 v.
  1. To solicit money by entertaining the public in the street or in public transport. UK,especially,intransitive
  2. To prepare; to make ready; to array; to dress. Northern-England,Scotland,transitive
    — Busk ye, busk ye, my bonny, bonny bride.
  3. To sell articles such as obscene books in public houses etc. obsolete,transitive
    — The frothy orator, who busked his tales In quackish pomp of noisy words
  4. To go; to direct one's course. Northern-England,Scotland
    — Ye might have busked you to Huntly-banks.
  5. To tack, cruise about.

词形变化

busks present,singular,third-person busking participle,present busked participle,past busked past busks plural busks present,singular,third-person busking participle,present busked participle,past busked past

词汇关系

衍生词
busker busk it busked unbusk busking buskle

词源

词源 1
Apparently from French busquer or Spanish buscar.
词源 2
Borrowed from French busc, from Italian busco (“splinter”).
词源 3
Etymology unknown.
词源 4
From Middle English busken, from Old Norse búask, reflexive of búa (“to prepare”); compare bound for a derivation from búa's past participle and basken for a similar formation from an Old Norse reflexive.
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