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词汇 bourne
释义 bourne
noun[ C ]
(alsobourn)uk /bɔːn/ us /bɔːrn/
literary
a limit or boundary(= edge): 界限;边界
These matters are beyond the bourne of our understanding.这些问题超出了我们的理解范围。
literary
a destination(= the place where someone is going): 目的地
She was about to depart for some unknown bourne. 她当时正准备出发去往一个未知的目的地。
UKold use
a small stream: 小溪
The "burn" part of the place name Tyburn is derived from "bourne", which means stream.地名Tyburn中,"burn"这一部分来源于"bourne",是溪流的意思。
The mystery of existence will ever loom beyond the bourne of man's intellect.
Hamlet describes non-existence as "that undiscover'd country from whose bourn no traveller returns".
Event horizons mark the bourne from which no traveller, even light, can return, because of the intense gravity.
Setting forth in an opposite direction, he should get to the same bourne by another route.
The vessel moved through the fog towards some unseen bourne.
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