barn

英 [bɑ?n] 美[bɑrn]

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復(fù)數(shù):?barns;

barn 谷倉(cāng)

來(lái)自古英語(yǔ)bareaern, 麥倉(cāng)。bar, 大麥，同barley。aern, 屋子，倉(cāng)庫(kù)，詞源同ransack, 被洗劫屋子的。

barn (n.): Old English bere?rn "barn," literally "barley house," from bere "barley" (see barley) + aern "house," metathesized from *rann, *rasn (cognates: Old Norse rann, Gothic razn "house," Old English rest "resting place;" sealt?rn "saltworks").
Barley was not always the only crop grown as the data recovered at Bishopstone might suggest but it is always the most commonly represented, followed by wheat and then rye and oats. [C.J. Arnold, "An Archaeology of the Early Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms," 1988, p.36]
Another word for "barn" in Old English was beretun, "barley enclosure" (from tun "enclosure, house"), which accounts for the many Barton place names on the English map, and the common surname. Barn door used figuratively for "broad target" and "great size" since 1540s.

1. The barn was filled with the sour-sweet smell of fresh dung.: 谷倉(cāng)里彌漫著新糞酸甜的氣味。

2. The rooster chased me across the dirt floor of the barn.: 公雞追著我跑過(guò)谷倉(cāng)的泥土地面。

3. In 1979, Liquor Barn thrived as a discount merchandiser.: 1979年，LiquorBarn烈酒折扣店的生意十分紅火。