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bur

/bur/US // bɜr //UK // (bɜː) //

埋葬,负担,掩埋,埋藏

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a rough, prickly case around the seeds of certain plants, as the chestnut or burdock.
    • : any bur-bearing plant.
    • : something that adheres like a bur.
    • : Machinery. burr.
    • : Dentistry. a rotary cutting tool usually of steel or other hard metal shaped into a shank and a head, for removing carious material from teeth and preparing cavities for filling.
    • : Surgery. a cutting tool resembling that of a dentist, used for the excavation of bone.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    burred, bur·ring.

    • : to extract or remove burs from.

Examples

  • A person earning 10 dollars a week can see a 100% increase by getting a raise to 20 bucks a week—bur remains impoverished.

  • Canary bur-rd seed will be very cheap this year, an' anny American wurrukin' man needn't go to bed hungry.

  • Riprisintatives iv th' Chicago packers insisted that in time canary bur-rds cud be taught to eat pork chops.

  • Here, with the help of their nearest neighbors, they built in a day a cabin of rough, bur-oak logs.

  • It is distinguished from others of the same species by the name of Cubbeer Bur, which was given it in honour of a famous saint.

  • Arbor, r′bur, n. the main support of a machine: an axis or spindle on which a wheel revolves.