bourn
bourn1
[bɔːn, bʊən]
noun
bourn2
[bɔːn, bʊən]
(also bourne)
noun
[bɔːn, bʊən]
noun
- (dialect)a small stream, especially one that flows intermittently or seasonally
(方)小河，小溪（尤指间歇性或季节性断流的）
- Middle English : southern English variant of burn
bourn2
[bɔːn, bʊən]
(also bourne)
noun
- (poetic/literary)a limit; a boundary
(诗/文)限制；边界
■a goal; a destination
目标；目的地
- early 16th cent. (denoting a boundary of a field): from French borne, from Old French bodne (see bound)
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