bourgeois

n.中產階級的人 [a member of the middle class.]

adj.中產階級的

記︰bourg ( n.中世紀靠近城堡的村莊 ) 那裡盛產hamburg ( n.漢堡包 ) ，被認為是中產階級的食品。

1564, "of the Fr. middle class," from Fr., from O.Fr. burgeis "town dweller" (as distinct from "peasant"), from borc "town, village," from Frank. *burg (see borough). Sense of "socially or aesthetically conventional" is from 1764; in communist and socialist writing, "a capitalist" (1883). Bourgeoisie (n.) "middle class" is first recorded 1707.

bout

n.拳擊比賽 [a contest or trial of strength, as of boxing.]

n.一回(ex.工作,活動) [a turn at work or any action.]

Sense evolved from "a circuit of any kind" (as of a plow) to "a round at any kind of exercise" (1575), "a round at fighting" (1591)

 原指農夫來回犁地，現在指帶有反複性的活動。

ex. boutique ( n.專賣流行衣服的小商店 ) →婦女反複走的地方

rout   n.大敗

bout   n.一回       (才打到第一回，就大敗了)

boycott

v.聯合抵制

  ex.They boycotted the meeting.
  他們拒絕參加那個會議。

源於Charles C. Boycott。他是愛爾蘭的房地產經紀人，佔有愛爾蘭大部分土地。

因拒絕降低房租 ( 地租 ) 而被愛爾蘭人抵製及驅逐

brace & bracelet & bracing & bracket

brace

v.支撐 n.支撐物

v.振奮

bracelet

brace-let(小東西)

n.手鐲 an ornamental band or circlet for the wrist or arm or, sometimes, for the ankle.

bracing

adj.令人振奮的 [invigorating]

denounce <>bracing   指責 <> 支持

bracket

brack(from .brace)-et

n.方括弧 []

n.托架,撐架  bracket•shelf   支架•用來支撐架子

brag & braggadocio & braggart

brag

v.自誇,吹牛

braggadocio

n.自誇者 [a boasting person]

[Alteration of Braggadocchio, the personification of vainglory in The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser]

braggart

brag - art

n.自誇者

adj.自誇的, 吹牛的

吹噓、炫耀特輯

boast    v.炫耀

brag     v.炫耀

swank    v.炫耀

swagger  v.大搖大擺的走(搖屁屁的走法)

pretentious  adj.自命非凡

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braid

v.把(頭髮)編成辮子 [to weave together strips or strands of= plait]

  ex. to braid the hair

n.髮辮,辮子 plait

brake

n/v.煞車

  ex. He braked his car just in time to avoid an accident.
  他及時煞車,避免了一次事故。

  retard：brake  減速：剎車

brand & brandish

brand

n.商標

v.打烙印     [to mark with a brand]

brandish

v.揮舞 (炫耀性或示威性的) [To wave or flourish (a weapon) menacingly]

  ex. Brandishing his sword

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加ish前後變了個意思

bland               adj.溫和的、無刺激性的、淡而無味的

bland-ish             v.討好

bland-ish-ment     n.討好

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