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GRE Barron 考研

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GRE 红宝书

• v. / n.吃嫩叶或草; 浏览
• ［英］ v. / n.吃嫩叶或草 ( to nibble at leaves, twigs) ; 浏览 ( to look through a book casually)
• ［记］ brow=sprout ( 嫩叶) +se -> 吃嫩叶; 参考: browser ( 计算机浏览器)

Webster Collegiate

I. verb (browsed; browsing)

• Etymology: Middle English brouusen, probably from Anglo-French brouts
• Date: 15th century
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to consume as browse
    • b. graze
  • 2. to look over casually ; skim
  • 3. to access (a network) by means of a browser
• intransitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to feed on or as if on browse
    • b. graze
  • 2.
    • a. to skim through a book reading passages that catch the eye
    • b. to look over or through an aggregate of things casually especially in search of something of interest
• ? browsable adjective

II. noun

• Etymology: probably modification of Anglo-French brouts, plural of brout sprout, of Germanic origin; akin to Old Saxon brustian to sprout, and perhaps to Old English brēost breast — more at breast
• Date: 1523
• 1. tender shoots, twigs, and leaves of trees and shrubs used by animals for food
• 2. an act or instance of browsing

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