Bane



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.祸根
• ［英］ n.祸根 ( the cause of distress, death, or ruin)
• ［类］ 反义词: blessing ( 福源)
• ［记］ ban ( 挡住) +e -> 挡住 ( 运气的) 东西 -> 祸根

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Old English bana; akin to Old High German bano death
• Date: before 12th century
• 1.
  • a. obsolete killer, slayer
  • b. poison
  • c. death, destruction <stop the way of those that seek my bane — Philip Sidney>
  • d. woe
• 2. a source of harm or ruin ; curse <national frontiers have been more of a bane than a boon for mankind — D. C. Thomson>

II. transitive verb (baned; baning)

• Date: 1578
• obsolete to kill especially with poison

III. noun

• Etymology: Middle English (northern dialect) ban, from Old English bān — more at bone
• Date: before 12th century
• chiefly Scottish bone

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