倫倫的小blog

brash

adj.輕率的  [ acting or tending to act too hastily or without consideration. ]

  ps. brash:deliberate 輕率的:深思熟慮的

adj.無禮的  [ impertinent; impudent]

 rash     adj.輕率的 n.疹子

brash    adj.輕率的  (多一個b，意思還是一樣的)

brassy

brass(n.黃銅)-y

adj.黃銅的 [ made of or covered with brass.]

adj.厚顏無恥的 = brazen; bold

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blatant   adj.厚顏無恥的、明顯的(到了厚顏無恥的境界)

brassy    adj.厚顏無恥的  [shameless or impudent]

brazen    adj.厚顏無恥的  [shameless or impudent]

          (braz=brass 黃銅-->古人認為人的臉若跟黃銅一樣厚是厚顏無恥的)

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brat

n.頑童 [ a child, esp. an annoying, spoiled, or impolite child ]

  記:小頑童brat打老鼠rat 

  ps. brattish:mischievous 寵壞的:惡作劇的（同義）

bravado

brav(=brave a.勇敢的)-ado(spanish的字尾)

n.虛張聲勢 [ a pretentious, swaggering display of courage. ]

  ps. courageous: bravado 勇敢的:虛張聲勢（褒貶）

  etymology: 1583, from Fr. bravade "bragging, boasting," from It. bravata "bragging, boasting," from bravare "brag, boast, be defiant," from bravo (see brave). Influenced in form by Sp. words ending in -ado.

bravura

brav(=brave)-ura

n.【音】令人讚賞的演唱或演奏技巧 [ a florid passage or piece requiring great skill and spirit in the performer.]

n.大膽的嘗試 [ a display of daring; brilliant performance. ]

adj.難演唱或演奏的

  ps. bravura:performance 出色的表演:表演

  etymology: 1788, "piece of music requiring great skill," from Italy "bravery, spirit" (see brave). Sense of "display of brilliancy, dash" is from 1813.

  a和o結尾的單詞多數是意大利語，表示音樂。

brawl

v.爭吵,打架 [ a noisy quarrel, or fight. ]

  ex. Usually you could see them, playing or brawling on the street.
  通常你能見到他們在街上玩或吵架。

brazen

braz(=brass n.黃銅)-en

adj.厚顏無恥的

breach

v/n.破壞,違反(ex.法律,協議等的) [ the act or a result of breaking ]

  ex. Your action is a breach of the agreement.
  你們的行為違背了協議。

 n.裂痕 [ a gap made in a wall, etc]

  ex. The waves made a breach in the sea wall.
  海浪將防波堤衝開一個缺口。

bleach  v.漂白  n.漂白劑

breach  v.違背、打破 =break

              (這漂白劑違背了法定的添加量)

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breadth

n.寬度= [width the measure of the second largest dimension of a plane or solid figure]

   ps.長度 = length

breed

n.品種(尤指經人工培育的動植物)

  ex. We have the finest breed of sheep. 我們擁有最優品種的羊。

v.使繁殖,飼養

  ex. They used to breed fish in the reservoir. 他們過去一直在水庫養魚。

v.教養

  ex. They were bred up as acrobats. 他們從小被作為雜技藝人培養。

  ps. bread n.麵包