bean
英 [biːn]
美[bin]
- n. 豆；嘴峰；毫无价值的东西
- vt. 击…的头部
- n. (Bean)人名；(英)比恩
词态变化
复数: beans;
中文词源
bean 豆
词源不详。
英英释意
- 1. any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae
- 2. any of various seeds or fruits suggestive of beans
- 3. any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods
- 4. informal terms for a human head
英文词源
- bean
- bean: [OE] The word bean (Old English bēan) has relatives in several Germanic languages (German bohne, Dutch boon, Swedish böna), pointing to a common West and North Germanic source *baunō, but that is as far back in history as we can pursue it. Beanfeast [19] apparently derived from the practice of serving bacon and beans (or, according to some, bean geese, a species of goose) at the annual dinners given by firms to their employees in the 19th century. Beano, originally a printers’ abbreviation, appears towards the end of the 19th century.
- bean (n.)
- Old English bean "bean, pea, legume," from Proto-Germanic *bauno (cognates: Old Norse baun, Middle Dutch bone, Dutch boon, Old High German bona, German Bohne), and related to Latin faba "bean;" Greek phakos "lentil;" Albanian bathë "horse-bean;" Old Prussian babo, Russian bob "bean," but the original form is obscure; perhaps from a PIE reduplicated base *bha-bha-
As a metaphor for "something of small value" it is attested from c. 1300. Meaning "head" is U.S. baseball slang c. 1905 (in bean-ball "a pitch thrown at the head"); thus slang verb bean meaning "to hit on the head," attested from 1910.
The notion of lucky or magic beans in English folklore is from the exotic beans or large seeds that wash up occasionally in Cornwall and western Scotland, carried from the Caribbean or South America by the Gulf Stream. They were cherished, believed to ward off the evil eye and aid in childbirth.
Slang bean-counter "accountant" recorded by 1971. To not know beans (American English, 1933) is perhaps from the "of little worth" sense, but may have a connection to colloquial expression recorded around Somerset, to know how many beans make five "be a clever fellow."
词组搭配
a hill (或 row) of beans
[with negative]anything of any importance or value
一点，丝毫；无价值的东西
three little people &B{don't amount to a hill of beans} in this crazy world.
在这个疯狂的世界上，三个小人物根本算不上什么。
know how many beans make five
(Brit. informal)be intelligent; have one's wits about one
(英， 非正式)聪明，不会上当
old bean
(Brit. informal, dated)a friendly form of address, typically to a man
(英 非正式， 旧)［尤用于友好地称呼男子］老伙计
full of beans
Energetic; frisky
精力旺盛；活泼欢乐的
The children were too full of beans to sit still.
孩子们精力过于旺盛，无法安静地坐着
Badly mistaken
严重的错误
Don't believe him; he's full of beans.
不要相信他；他错误太多
spill the beans
To disclose a secret.
泄密
实用场景例句
- It doesn't cost a bean.
- 这一分钱也不用花。
柯林斯例句
- See p. 246 for Thom Bean's response.
- 汤姆·比恩的答复见246页.
柯林斯例句
- Bean sprouts are also sold in cans.
- 也有罐装豆芽出售。
柯林斯例句
- It's called the Pan-Carib-bean Disaster Preparedness and Prevention Project, which is quite a mouthful.
- 它被称为thePan-CaribbeanDisasterPreparednessandPreventionProject（泛加勒比备灾防灾项目），名称相当冗长拗口。
柯林斯例句
- If low lands must be used for the bean crop, they should be ridged.
- 如果低地必须用于种植豆类作物, 就必须把地整成交替的垄和沟.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- It's quite incredible to think that he now hasn't got a bean.
- 很难相信他现在身无分文。
辞典例句
- I'd like to add some pepper to the bean curd.
- 我想在豆腐里加一点辣椒粉.
辞典例句
- Stringer webs have cracked in suspension bridges at the stringer - floor bean connections.
- 在悬索桥的纵梁和横的连接处,纵梁的腹板上发生开裂.
辞典例句
- The enzyme has been partially purified from muny bean shoots.
- 从绿豆幼苗中已部分地提纯了这种酶.
辞典例句
- Lymph nodes are round or bean - shaped structures strategically placed on lymphatic channel.
- 淋巴结是圆形或豆形的构造,它们被战略性地布置于淋巴管的经路上.
辞典例句
- I haven't a bean until I get paid.
- 不发工资我可是身无分文.
辞典例句
- Missed it, old bean; he's pulling your leg.
- 你错了, 老兄; 他在捉弄你呢.
辞典例句
- Every bean has its black.
- 各人有各人的缺点.
辞典例句
- The old man was thrashing the soy - bean crop.
- 那位老汉正在打大豆.
辞典例句
- The baby was raised on soya - bean milk.
- 这孩子是用豆浆喂养大的.
辞典例句