| 词汇 | bairn |
| 释义 | bairn noun[ C ] Scottish English or Northern Englishuk /beən/ us /bern/ a child儿童，小孩 Children & babies ankle-biter arrival babe babe in arms baby comfort blanket crawler designer baby devil diddums neonate new addition nipper only child oops-a-daisy teethe tiddler tike toddler toilet-trained 'My bairn! my bairn!' cried the distracted father, 'where can he be?' A dozen mouths were opened to communicate hopes which no one felt. But wait and I'll see the bairns. Kiss my darling bairns for papa, and give them my blessing. The children, or "bairns," as they were called here, wore neither shoes nor stockings, except a few of the very young ones, and all the arable land was devoted to the culture of oats and turnips. The only thing I grudge is being away all day, leaving you and the bairns, for I ken they're no' very easy to put up with. Examples of bairnbairn Thousands of old men and wives and bairns are starving and their breadwinners can get neither unemployment pay nor outdoor relief. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Those are the most important years in a bairn's life. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The bairns of the unemployed will now have to be satisfied with fewer sweets. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In fact, very largely they have become factories for bairns. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I was dealing with the case of a man left with two bairns of four and five and living in a kitchen. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Our bairns require in those formative years of life that guidance which they are not getting in the distressed areas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We regard the lives of our miners, and those of their wives and "bairns" as of far more importance than pulley wheels. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a matter causing grave thought that so many bairns every morning go to our schools underfed and badly clothed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Men were fighting the machine for their livelihoods and for their bairns' bread. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If those bairns were in hospital, they could be costing the taxpayer about £200 a week for professional care. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Let his wife have a bairn, and she cannot get maternity benefit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But when we come to legislation we become impersonal, and therefore very often impervious to the real needs of the bairns. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We know about the brain drain and the brawn drain; now there is a "bairn drain". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He is driven on because he wants to make a wage sufficient to keep his wife and bairns in decency. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the name of national economy, we are going to starve the bairns and break the hearts of the women. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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