bay

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈbeɪ̯/    美 /ˈbeɪ̯/|/ˈbæ̝ɪ̯/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A body of water (especially the sea) contained by a concave shoreline.
    — This hotel has a great view across the bay.
  2. A tree or shrub of species Laurus nobilis (family Lauraceae), having dark green leaves and berries. countable
  3. A brown colour/color of the coat of some horses. countable,uncountable
  4. The excited howling of dogs when hunting or being attacked. countable,uncountable
    — The hunt is up, the morn is bright and grey, / The fields are fragrant, and the woods are green. / Uncouple here, and let us make a bay / And wake the Emperor and his lovely bride, / And rouse the Prince, and ring a hunter's peal, / That all the court may echo with the noise.
  5. An opening in a wall, especially between two columns.
  6. A bank or dam to keep back water.
  7. A horse of this color. countable,uncountable
    — […] browns are the soberest, bays are the worst tempered, and chestnuts are the most foolish.
  8. The climactic confrontation between hunting-dogs and their prey. broadly,countable,uncountable
  9. An internal recess; a compartment or area surrounded on three sides.
    — Wrex: And Shepard--I like what you've done with the Normandy. Got tired of always hanging around the cargo bay before.
  10. Bay leaf, the leaf of this or certain other species of tree or shrub, used as a herb. uncountable
  11. A display unit in a shop or store, especially a large metal one.
    — end bay
  12. A state of being obliged to face an antagonist or a difficulty, when escape has become impossible. figuratively,uncountable
    — Embolden'd by despair, he stood at bay.
  13. Mahogany of species Swietenia macrophylla obtained from Campeche in Mexico. uncountable
  14. A section of ceiling delineated by supports such as rafters or vaulting ribs.
  15. The leaves of this shrub, woven into a garland used to reward a champion or victor; hence, fame, victory. archaic,countable,in-plural,uncountable
    — both you here with many a cursed oth, / Sweare she is yours, and stirre vp bloudie frayes, / To win a willow bough, whilest other weares the bayes.
  16. Each of the spaces, port and starboard, between decks, forward of the bitts, in sailing warships.
  17. A tract covered with bay trees. US,countable,dialectal,uncountable
  18. A berry. countable,obsolete,uncountable
  19. A bay platform.
    — There is a short bay at the west end of each platform, but neither is used for passenger trains.
  20. A bay window.
  21. A room for editing video footage or physical film.
动词 v.
  1. To howl. intransitive
    — The hounds at nearer distance hoarsely bay'd.
  2. To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive to bay. transitive
    — to bay the bear
  3. To pursue noisily, like a pack of hounds. transitive
形容词 adj.
  1. Of a reddish-brown colour with a black mane and tail. especially
    — Mr. Free also owned restaurants and bred horses. His bay gelding, Packett's Landing, won almost $800,000 in his five-year career in the late 1980's and early 1990's.

词形变化

bays plural bays plural bays plural bays plural bays present,singular,third-person baying participle,present bayed participle,past bayed past bayer comparative more bay comparative bayest superlative most bay superlative bays plural

词汇关系

衍生词
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相关词
bay antler bay-beh abeyance badinage baize daphne voe

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Iberiander.
Late Latin baiader.?
French baieder.
English bay
From French baie, from Late Latin baia, probably ultimately from Iberian or Basque badia. Partly displaced native Old English byht, whence bight.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *bazją
Proto-West Germanic *baʀi
Old English berġe?
Old English beġerclip.?
Old English *beġ
Latin bācader.
Old French baieder.
Middle English baye
English bay
From Middle English baye, baie, from Old English beġ (“berry”), as in beġbēam (“berry-tree”), conflated with Old French baie, from Latin bāca (“berry”).
词源 3
From Middle English, from Old French baee, beee, from the verb beer (“gape open”), from Early Medieval Latin batāre. Compare Modern French baie. More at bevel, badinage.
词源 4
From Old French bay, combined with aphetized form of abay; verbal form of baier, abaier.
词源 5
From Middle English bay, bai, from Old French bai, from Latin badius (“reddish brown, chestnut”).
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