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Bough 无 English Shoulder Cognates German Bau N

单词 bough
音标 [bau]
解释 n. 粗大的树枝或树干
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字源 bough (n.)
Old English bog "shoulder, arm," extended in Old English to "twig, branch" (compare limb (n.1)), from Proto-Germanic *bogaz (cognates: Old Norse bogr "shoulder," Old High German buog, German Bug "shoulder, hock, joint"), from PIE *bhagus "elbow, forearm" (cognates: Sanskrit bahus "arm," Armenian bazuk, Greek pakhys "forearm"). The "limb of a tree" sense is peculiar to English.
不择手段背单词
趣味全助记 【记】音:刨,刨木头,实际上是粗大的树枝

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