rand
名词 n.
动词 v.
英 /ɹænd/|/ɹand/
美 /ɹænd/|/ɹæːnd/
英文释义
名词 n.
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The border of an area of land, now especially marshland.
— at the wald's rand; the rand of the marsh
- A rocky slope, especially the area over a river valley; specifically, the Rand
- A random number.
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A strip of meat; a long fleshy piece of beef, cut from the flank or leg; a sort of steak.
— They came with chopping-knives / To cut me into rands and sirloins
- The currency of South Africa, divided into 100 cents.
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A border, edge or rim; a strip, as of cloth.
— They quarrelled an' fought 'mang the clippin's an' rands, / The tailor insistin' the colour was blue.
- A strip of leather used to fit the heels of a shoe.
- A single rod woven in and out of the stakes.
动词 v.
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To rant; to storm.
— […] I ſmelt out my noble ſtincker Greenſheild in his Chamber, and as tho my heart ſtringes had bin crackt, I vvept, & thumpd, and thumpd, and rau'd and randed, and raild, and told him hovv my vvife vvas novv grovvne as common as baibery, and that ſhee had hierd her Taylor to ride vvith her to VVare, to meete a Gentleman of the Court.
词源
词源 1
From Middle English rand, from Old English rand (“edge, border, margin, rim, shore”), from Proto-West Germanic *rand, from Proto-Germanic *randaz, *randō (“edge, rim, crust”), from Proto-Indo-European *rem- (“to rest, prop or support oneself”). Cognate with Dutch rand (“edge, border, outskirts, rim”), German Rand (“edge, border, margin, rim, outskirts”), Swedish rand (“rand, stripe, edge, verge”). Related to rind.
词源 2
Named after Witwatersrand; the last element is Afrikaans rand (“ridge”), from Dutch rand, from Old Saxon rand, from Germanic *randaz. Compare Etymology 1, and Rand.
The sense of currency is because of gold that was extracted from the Witwatersrand rocks.
The sense of currency is because of gold that was extracted from the Witwatersrand rocks.
词源 3
See rant.
词源 4
Shortened from random.
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