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braw

/braw, brah/US // brɔ, brɑ //UK // (brɔː, brɑː) mainly Scot //

彪悍,彪悍的,彪形大汉,彪炳

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Scot. and North England.

    • : fine or fine-looking; excellent.
    • : finely dressed; dressed in a splendid or gaudy fashion.

Examples

  • The new house is roofed; it will be a braw house, and what is better, I have my yearly bill in, and I find I can pay for it.

  • He's a braw Hoon an' A'm encouraged by the fine things that the baron said aboot ma poetry.

  • An' if they canna mak' yer legs ower ye'll get a pair o' braw crutches that are the niest thing to gude legs.

  • I've been deaved aboot 'im a' the day, but I haena seen the sonsie rascal nor the braw collar the Laird Provost gied 'im.

  • He's sending in a cart by a groom, and I'm to tak' Bobby out and fetch him hame after a braw dinner on gowd plate.