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单词 brook
释义

brook

noun
/brʊk/
/brʊk/
  1. a small river溪;小河;小川
    • We'll have to cross the brook to get to the road.我们必须穿过小溪才能上路。
    • The road goes over a small brook.这条路穿过一条小溪。
    • The peace and quiet was disturbed only by a gently babbling brook.只有潺潺小溪打破了宁静。
    Extra Examples
    • The brook runs across the middle of the field.小溪从田野中央流过。
    • a area of lovely lakes and babbling brooks一片美丽的湖泊和潺潺小溪的地区
    Topics Geographyc2
    Word Originnoun Old English brōc, of unknown origin; related to Dutch broek and German Bruch ‘marsh’.

brook

verb
/brʊk/
/brʊk/
(formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they brook
/brʊk/
/brʊk/
he / she / it brooks
/brʊks/
/brʊks/
past simple brooked
/brʊkt/
/brʊkt/
past participle brooked
/brʊkt/
/brʊkt/
-ing form brooking
/ˈbrʊkɪŋ/
/ˈbrʊkɪŋ/
  1. not brook something/not brook somebody doing something/brook no…
    to not allow something不允许(某事)
    • The tone in his voice brooked no argument.他的话里带着不容争辩的语气。
    • She would brook no criticism of her son.她不能容忍对儿子的批评。
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryBrook is used with these nouns as the object:
    • dissent
    • opposition
    Word Originverb Old English brūcan ‘use, possess’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bruiken and German brauchen. The current sense dates from the mid 16th cent., a figurative use of an earlier sense ‘digest, stomach’.
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