Barn



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.谷仓
• ［英］ n.谷仓 ( a farm building for sheltering harvested crops)
• ［记］ barley是""大麦"", barn就是由barley的前半部加""n""构成 -> 藏大麦的地方

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Middle English bern, from Old English bere?rn, from bere barley + ?rn house, store
• Date: before 12th century
• 1.
  • a. a usually large building for the storage of farm products or feed and usually for the housing of farm animals or farm equipment
  • b. an unusually large and usually bare building <a great barn of a hotel — W. A. White>
• 2. a large building for the housing of a fleet of vehicles (as trolley cars or trucks)
• ? barnlike adjective
• ? barny adjective

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