brant

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of several wild geese, of the genus Branta, that breed in the Arctic, but especially the brent goose, Branta bernicla. Canada,US
    — I have given you roe and reindeer, / I have given you brant and beaver, / Filled the marshes full of wild-fowl, / Filled the rivers full of fishes; / Why then are you not contented? / Why then will you hunt each other?
形容词 adj.
  1. steep, precipitous. dialectal
    — Grapes grow on the brant rocks so wonderfully that ye will marvel how any man dare climb up to them.
  2. smooth; unwrinkled Scotland
    — Your bonnie brow was brent.

词形变化

brants plural brant plural more brant comparative most brant superlative brent alternative

词源

词源 1
From New Latin/Medieval Latin Branta, latinized form of Old Norse brandgás (“sheldrake”), literally "burnt (black) goose," from Proto-Germanic *brandaz (“burning”) + *gans (“goose”).
词源 2
From Middle English brant, from Old English brant (“high, steep”), from Proto-West Germanic *brant, from Proto-Germanic *brantaz (“steep, towering”). Cognate with Scots brent, Old Norse brantr, brattr (Faroese and Icelandic brattur, Danish brat, Norwegian Bokmål bratt, Swedish brant).
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