A barn is a farm building for storing crops or animal feed. It can also refer to a large, plain building, or in American English, a building for vehicles.
[N-COUNT 可数名词]谷仓;粮仓 A barn is a building on a farm in which crops or animal food can be kept.
Oxford
barn/bɑːn; NAmEbɑːrn/noun _buildings_comp.jpg _barn.jpg 1a large farm building for storing grain or keeping animals in 谷仓;畜棚;仓房◆a hay barn干草棚◆They live in a converted barn (= a barnthat has been turned into a house). 他们住在由谷仓改成的房子里。☞see also
Dutch barn
2a large plain ugly building 简陋的大建筑物◆They live in a great barn of a house.他们住在一所简陋的大房子里。3( NAmE) a building in which buses, trucks, etc. are kept when not being used (公共汽车、卡车等的)车库IDIOMclose, etc. the barn door after the horse has eˈscaped( NAmE) ☞
stable door
barnbarnsbarn/bɑːn; NAmEbɑːrn/
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barnbarn /bɑːn $ bɑːrn/ noun [countable]
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1barn (1)a large farm building for storing crops, or for keeping animals in2informal a large plain building: a huge barn of a house
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barn
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barns[488]
谷仓(79%),牲口棚(16%),车库(4%),大而空荡的农屋(1%)
n.谷仓;畜棚;车库;靶(核反应截面单位)
vt.把…贮存入仓
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