bane
英 [be?n]
美[ben]
- n. 毒藥；禍害；滅亡的原因
- n. (Bane)人名；(法)巴納；(塞)巴內(nèi)；(日)伴衛(wèi)(名)；(英)貝恩
GRETEM8擴(kuò)展詞匯
中文詞源
bane 造成困擾的事物
來自PIE *gwhen, 擊，殺。詞源同gun, 槍。defend, 擋開，防御。
英文詞源
- bane (n.)
- Old English bana "killer, slayer, murderer; the devil," from Proto-Germanic *banon, cognate with *banja- "wound" (cognates: Old Frisian bona "murderer," Old Norse bani, Old High German bana "murder," Old English benn "wound," Gothic banja "stroke, wound"), from PIE root *gwhen- "to strike, kill, wound" (cognates: Avestan banta "ill"). Modern sense of "that which causes ruin or woe" is from 1570s.
雙語例句
- 1. Rain is the bane of holiday-makers.
- 雨天令度假者頭疼。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The neighbours' kids are the bane of my life .
- 街坊鄰居的孩子讓我生活得很不安寧。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 3. A swine over fat is the cause of his own bane.
- 豬死都因身過肥.
來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 4. Avarice is the bane to happiness.
- 貪婪是損毀幸福的禍根.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 5. Spots can be the bane of a teenager's life.
- 粉刺會(huì)給青少年帶來無盡的煩惱。
來自辭典例句