bouquet n.花束;香味;(酒等)芳香 [ dial var of OF bos, bois wood]
bourgeois n.中產(chǎn)階級(jí)的人 [ BURGESS 市民;議員]
bourn n.小河;目標(biāo);界限 [ borne bodne BOUND]
bout n.一陣;一回;一次 [16th c: app the same as obs bought bending]
bovine a.似牛的;笨拙的 [ bovinus bos bovis ox]
bowdlerize v.刪去不妥的文句 [ Bowdler(d 1825), expurgator of Shakesp]
bower n.樹蔭;寢室;提琴演奏者 [ Bauer peasant, jack at cards, rel to Du boer:
BOOR[農(nóng)民;鄉(xiāng)下;佬]
boycott v.聯(lián)合抵制 [Capt Boycott, Irish land-agent d 1897, so treated from 1880]
brace v.支持;使固定 [ brace two arms, bracier embrace, brachia arms bracing緊張的;使心神清爽的;支柱]
bracelet n.手鐲;手拷 [dimin. of bracel bracchiale bra(c)chium arm]
brackish a.混有鹽的;作嘔的 [obs brack(adj) MDu brac]
brag n.自夸,吹牛,自夸的東西 [orig. adj., = spirited, boastful: orig. unkn.]
braggart n.吹牛;吹牛的 [ bragard braguer BRAG自夸,夸耀,吹噓()(of, about)]
brake n.煞車器;叢林;煞車 [perh shortened BRACKEN, -en being taken as a plending]
bramble n.荊棘 [ br'mbel(earlier br'mel): BROOM 掃帚(植物)金雀花]
brand n.品種;商標(biāo);烙印
brandish v.揮 [brandir ult, rel to BRAND("火焰")(打在商品上或牲畜身上的)烙印;商標(biāo)]
brash a.性急的;倉促的;無禮的 [brashy 易碎的;脆弱的 ~ material 易碎的材質(zhì)]
brat n.小鬼;小家伙 [a spoiled ~ 調(diào)皮搗蛋的小鬼;小壞蛋]
bravado n.作威;虛張的勇氣 [ bravata BRAVE, -ADO ado 騷擾;費(fèi)力,麻煩;騷動(dòng);困難]
bravo int.n.好極!暴徒;刺客
bravura n.勇敢嘗試;華美演奏 [(與 bravery 對(duì)應(yīng)的意大利語)]
braw a.衣飾華美的;美好的 [var. of brawf BRAVE]
brawl v.爭吵 [rel to BRAY 驢的叫聲,似驢叫的聲音 喧嘩 搗碎,擂碎,把搗成粉]
brawny a.肌肉結(jié)實(shí)的;強(qiáng)壯的 [brawn 肌肉;肌力,膂力,體力;人力,勞力]
braze v.用黃銅制;做黃銅色 [ br'sen br's BRASS]
brazen a.無恥的 [ad.厚著臉皮地]
brazier n.火盆 [ME prob BRASS + -IER, after glass, glazier]
breach n.破裂;違反法紀(jì) [breche]
breeze n.微風(fēng)
brevity n.簡潔 [ brevete, brievete bref BRIEF]
brew v.釀造;圖謀 [ breowan ]
bribe n.賄賂;收買 [briber, brimber beg]
bridle n.v.韁繩;拘束;抑制;昂首 [ bridel unbridled激烈的;不受約束的]
brigade n.旅;隊(duì);編成旅;分類 [brigata company brigare be busy with briga strife; a fire ~ 消防隊(duì)]
brigand n.強(qiáng)盜 [ brigante brigare: BRIGADE(軍)旅(軍隊(duì)式組織之)團(tuán)體,隊(duì),組]
brilliant a.燦爛的;顯赫的;有才氣的 [ brillant part of briller shine It brillare]
bourgeois n.中產(chǎn)階級(jí)的人 [ BURGESS 市民;議員]
bourn n.小河;目標(biāo);界限 [ borne bodne BOUND]
bout n.一陣;一回;一次 [16th c: app the same as obs bought bending]
bovine a.似牛的;笨拙的 [ bovinus bos bovis ox]
bowdlerize v.刪去不妥的文句 [ Bowdler(d 1825), expurgator of Shakesp]
bower n.樹蔭;寢室;提琴演奏者 [ Bauer peasant, jack at cards, rel to Du boer:
BOOR[農(nóng)民;鄉(xiāng)下;佬]
boycott v.聯(lián)合抵制 [Capt Boycott, Irish land-agent d 1897, so treated from 1880]
brace v.支持;使固定 [ brace two arms, bracier embrace, brachia arms bracing緊張的;使心神清爽的;支柱]
bracelet n.手鐲;手拷 [dimin. of bracel bracchiale bra(c)chium arm]
brackish a.混有鹽的;作嘔的 [obs brack(adj) MDu brac]
brag n.自夸,吹牛,自夸的東西 [orig. adj., = spirited, boastful: orig. unkn.]
braggart n.吹牛;吹牛的 [ bragard braguer BRAG自夸,夸耀,吹噓()(of, about)]
brake n.煞車器;叢林;煞車 [perh shortened BRACKEN, -en being taken as a plending]
bramble n.荊棘 [ br'mbel(earlier br'mel): BROOM 掃帚(植物)金雀花]
brand n.品種;商標(biāo);烙印
brandish v.揮 [brandir ult, rel to BRAND("火焰")(打在商品上或牲畜身上的)烙印;商標(biāo)]
brash a.性急的;倉促的;無禮的 [brashy 易碎的;脆弱的 ~ material 易碎的材質(zhì)]
brat n.小鬼;小家伙 [a spoiled ~ 調(diào)皮搗蛋的小鬼;小壞蛋]
bravado n.作威;虛張的勇氣 [ bravata BRAVE, -ADO ado 騷擾;費(fèi)力,麻煩;騷動(dòng);困難]
bravo int.n.好極!暴徒;刺客
bravura n.勇敢嘗試;華美演奏 [(與 bravery 對(duì)應(yīng)的意大利語)]
braw a.衣飾華美的;美好的 [var. of brawf BRAVE]
brawl v.爭吵 [rel to BRAY 驢的叫聲,似驢叫的聲音 喧嘩 搗碎,擂碎,把搗成粉]
brawny a.肌肉結(jié)實(shí)的;強(qiáng)壯的 [brawn 肌肉;肌力,膂力,體力;人力,勞力]
braze v.用黃銅制;做黃銅色 [ br'sen br's BRASS]
brazen a.無恥的 [ad.厚著臉皮地]
brazier n.火盆 [ME prob BRASS + -IER, after glass, glazier]
breach n.破裂;違反法紀(jì) [breche]
breeze n.微風(fēng)
brevity n.簡潔 [ brevete, brievete bref BRIEF]
brew v.釀造;圖謀 [ breowan ]
bribe n.賄賂;收買 [briber, brimber beg]
bridle n.v.韁繩;拘束;抑制;昂首 [ bridel unbridled激烈的;不受約束的]
brigade n.旅;隊(duì);編成旅;分類 [brigata company brigare be busy with briga strife; a fire ~ 消防隊(duì)]
brigand n.強(qiáng)盜 [ brigante brigare: BRIGADE(軍)旅(軍隊(duì)式組織之)團(tuán)體,隊(duì),組]
brilliant a.燦爛的;顯赫的;有才氣的 [ brillant part of briller shine It brillare]