burr

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /bɜː/    美 /bɝ/|/bɜː/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A sharp, pointy object, such as a sliver or splinter.
  2. Alternative spelling of burl. UK,alt-of,alternative
  3. Synonym of brough (“halo around the sun or moon”)
    — Far burr, near rain; Near burr, far rain.
  4. A rough humming sound.
  5. Alternative form of bur (“rough, prickly husk around the seeds or fruit of some plants”). alt-of,alternative
    — […] nay Friar, I am a kind of Burre, I ſhal ſticke.
  6. A uvular "r" sound, or (by extension) an accent characterized by this sound.
    — Foote’s mimicry was exquisitely ludicrous, but it was all caricature. He could take off only some strange peculiarity, a stammer or a lisp, a Northumbrian burr or an Irish brogue, a stoop or a shuffle.
  7. A small piece of material left on an edge after a cutting operation.
    — You left a bunch of burrs on those parts yesterday. You've already been told not to miss the deburring operation.
  8. A thin flat piece of metal, formed from a sheet by punching; a small washer put on the end of a rivet before it is swaged down.
  9. A broad iron ring on a tilting lance just below the grip, to prevent the hand from slipping. historical
  10. A metal ring at the top of the hand-rest on a spear. historical
    — And there kyng Arthur smote syr mordred vnder the shelde wyth a foyne of his spere thorughoute the body more than a fadom / And whan syr Mordred felte that he had hys dethes wounde / He thryst hym self wyth the myght that he had vp to the bur of kynge Arthurs spere / And right so he smote his fader Arthur wyth his swerde holden in bothe his handes
  11. The ear lobe.
  12. A burr knot or burl.
    — We notice wild bees gathering sap in a burr of the third mango tree[.]
  13. The knot at the bottom of an antler.
  14. A revolving disk or cone with abrasive surfaces used to grind hard products in a grinder or mill.
    — burr grinder
动词 v.
  1. To grind using a burr (revolving disk or cone with abrasive surfaces). transitive
  2. To pronounce with a uvular "r". transitive
  3. To make a rough humming sound. intransitive
    — The first thing Lucy noticed as she went in was a burring sound, and the first thing she saw was a kind-looking old she-beaver sitting in the corner with a thread in her mouth working busily at her sewing machine, and it was from it that the sound came.

词形变化

burrs plural burrs present,singular,third-person burring participle,present burred participle,past burred past burrs plural burrs present,singular,third-person burring participle,present burred participle,past burred past burrs plural burrs plural

词汇关系

衍生词
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词源

词源 1
From Middle English burre, perhaps related to Old English byrst (“bristle”). Cognate with Danish burre, borre (“burdock, burr”), Swedish borre (“sea-urchin”).
词源 2
Onomatopoeic, influenced by bur. Compare to French bruire.
词源 3
Like brough, an alternative form of burgh (“mound, settlement”) employed in a special sense; thus a doublet of those terms, borough, Brough, burrow, and Bury.
词源 4
From burl.
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