bound

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
/ˈbaʊ̯nd/    /ˈbaʊ̯nd/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A sizeable jump, great leap.
    — The deer crossed the stream in a single bound.
  2. A boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory. often
    — I reached the northern bound of my property, took a deep breath and walked on.
  3. A spring from one foot to the other in dancing.
  4. A value which is known to be greater or smaller than a given set of values.
  5. A bounce; a rebound. dated
    — Balzo, a bound of a ball
动词 v.
  1. simple past and past participle of bind form-of,participle,past
    — I bound the splint to my leg.
  2. To leap, move by jumping. intransitive
    — The rabbit bounded down the lane.
  3. To surround a territory or other geographical entity; to form the boundary of. transitive
    — grounds bounded on three sides by a river.
  4. To cause to leap. transitive
    — to bound a horse
  5. To be the bound of. transitive
  6. To rebound; to bounce. dated,intransitive
    — A rubber ball bounds on the floor.
  7. To cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound; to bounce. dated,transitive
    — to bound a ball on the floor
形容词 adj.
  1. Ready, prepared. obsolete
    — This certain,—that a band of war / Has for two days been ready boune, / At prompt command to march from Doune […].
  2. Obliged (to). not-comparable,with-infinitive
    — You are not legally bound to reply.
  3. Ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of).
    — Which way are you bound? —I'm already homeward bound.
  4. That cannot stand alone as a free word. not-comparable
  5. Very likely (to), certain to with-infinitive
    — They were bound to come into conflict eventually.
  6. Constrained by a quantifier. not-comparable
  7. Constipated; costive. dated,not-comparable
  8. Confined or restricted to a certain place. in-compounds,not-comparable
    — railbound
  9. Unable to move in certain conditions. in-compounds,not-comparable
    — snowbound

词形变化

bownd alternative,archaic bownd alternative,archaic more bound comparative most bound superlative bownd alternative,archaic bounds plural bownd alternative,archaic bounds present,singular,third-person bounding participle,present bounded participle,past bounded past bownd alternative,archaic bounds plural bownd alternative,archaic bounds present,singular,third-person bounding participle,present bounded participle,past bounded past bownd alternative,archaic

词源

词源 1
From Middle English bound, bund (preterite) and bounden, bunden, ibunden, ȝebunden (past participle), from Old English bund- and bunden, ġebunden respectively. See bind.
词源 2
From Middle English bownde, alternation (with -d partly for euphonic effect and partly by association with Etymology 1 above) of Middle English boun, from Old Norse búinn, past participle of búa (“to prepare”).
词源 3
From Middle English bounde, from Old French bunne, from Medieval Latin bodina, earlier butina (“a bound, limit”).
词源 4
From Middle English bounden, from the noun (see above).
词源 5
From Middle English *bounden (attested as bounten), from French bondir (“leap", "bound", originally "make a loud resounding noise”); perhaps from Late Latin bombitāre (“hum, buzz”), frequentative verb, from Latin bombus (“a humming or buzzing”).
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