喜樂美語

這個拼法底下其實是2個不同的字，意思沒有關係， 只是長得一樣。下面分開列出來。跳到 carry (something important, formally) · the animal (a bear)

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bear

v

核心畫面

You can picture taking a weight onto yourself and holding it up as you move — carrying something heavy on your back or in your arms. From that one act of taking a load onto yourself, the verb bear fans out: carrying a physical thing, carrying a burden of cost or blame, holding up under pain, and the body bringing forth what it carries inside (a child, fruit). It is the verb of taking something onto yourself and not letting it drop.

可以想成把一份重量扛到自己身上、撐著它往前走——背上或懷裡抱著沉的東西。bear 這個動詞就從這一個「把重擔接到自己…更多收起可以想成把一份重量扛到自己身上、撐著它往前走——背上或懷裡抱著沉的東西。bear 這個動詞就從這一個「把重擔接到自己身上」的動作往外展開：扛實物、扛代價或扛責任、在痛苦底下撐住、以及身體把懷著的東西帶出來（生孩子、結果實）。它是「把東西接到自己身上、不讓它掉下去」的那個動詞。

A second word, same spelling

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bear

n

核心畫面

You can picture the large, heavy, thick-furred animal — slow-looking but powerful, not to be tangled with. This noun bear is a completely different word from the verb bear (carry/endure); it traces back to the name of the animal, and its other senses all spin off that big, hard-to-handle, ill-tempered creature.

可以想成那隻體型龐大、毛很厚、看似笨重卻力氣驚人、招惹不得的動物。這個名詞 bear（熊）和動詞 bear（扛、忍受…更多收起可以想成那隻體型龐大、毛很厚、看似笨重卻力氣驚人、招惹不得的動物。這個名詞 bear（熊）和動詞 bear（扛、忍受）其實是兩個不同的字，它的字源就是這隻動物的名字；其餘幾個意思也都是從這隻又大又難搞、脾氣不好的生物延伸出來的。

原始詞典資料56 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Bearname

  • 1

    A surname.

  • 2

    astronomynatural-sciencesThe constellation Ursa Major.

    • But he must ever watch the northern Bear, Who from her frozen height with jealous eye Confronts the Dog and the Hunter in the south, And is alone not dipt in Ocean's stream.
  • 3

    A male given name.

    • Liam Payne, a former member of the boyband One Direction, has died after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, according to local police. Payne, who was 31, leaves behind his seven-year-old son, Bear.
  • 4

    A place in the United States:

  • 5

    A place in the United States:

  • 6

    A place in the United States:

bearnoun詞源 1/bɛə/

  • 1

    A large, generally omnivorous mammal (a few species are purely carnivorous or herbivorous) of the family Ursidae; having shaggy fur, a very small tail, and flat feet.

  • 2

    cookingfoodlifestyleA large, generally omnivorous mammal (a few species are purely carnivorous or herbivorous) of the family Ursidae; having shaggy fur, a very small tail, and flat feet.

    • We had barbecued bear for dinner.
  • 3

    A rough, unmannerly, uncouth person.

    • One evening about this time, when his Lordship did me the honour to sup at my lodgings with Dr. Robertson and several other men of literary distinction, he regretted that Johnson had not been educated with more refinement, and lived more in polished society. 'No, no, my Lord, (said Signor Baretti,) do with him what you would, he would always have been a bear.'
  • 4

    businessfinanceAn investor who sells commodities, securities, or futures in anticipation of a fall in prices.

    • This accompt has been made to appear a bull accompt, i.e. that the bulls cannot take their stock. The fact is the reverse; it is a bear accompt, but the bears, unable to deliver their stock, have conjointly banged the market, and pocketed the tickets, to defeat the rise and loss that would have ensued to them by their buying on a rising price on the accompt day […]
  • 5

    slangA state policeman (short for Smokey Bear).

    • By the time we got into Tulsa Town We had eighty-five trucks in all But there's a roadblock up on the cloverleaf And them bears was wall-to-wall. Yeah, them smokies is thick as bugs on a bumper They even had a bear in the air. I says, "Callin' all trucks, this here's the Duck. We about to go a-huntin' bear."
    • 'The bear's pulling somebody off there at 74,' reported someone else.
  • 6

    slangLGBTA large, hairy man, especially one who is homosexual.

    • Bears are usually hunky, chunky types reminiscent of railroad engineers and former football greats.
    • Bear sought by masculine white male, 30, 5'8", 165 lbs, for weekly safe encounter. I'm in a long-term relationship and seek outside fun. You: tall, masculine, over 200 lbs, discreet, moustache.
  • 7

    A koala (bear).

    • Bunyip Bluegum was a tidy bear, he objected to whisker soup[.]
  • 8

    engineeringnatural-sciencesphysical-sciencesA portable punching machine.

另外 3 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    nauticaltransportA block covered with coarse matting, used to scour the deck.

  • 10

    cartomancyhuman-sciencesmysticismThe fifteenth Lenormand card.

  • 11

    Something difficult or tiresome; a burden or chore.

    • That window can be a bear to open.
    • "This was a real bear to refinish. You can't believe how hard it was right here to get a thousand years of crud out of this carving."

bearverb詞源 1/bɛə/

  • 1

    businessfinanceTo endeavour to depress the price of, or prices in.

    • to bear a railroad stock
    • to bear the market

bearadj詞源 1/bɛə/

  • 1

    businessfinanceCharacterized by declining prices in securities markets or by belief that the prices will fall.

    • The great bear market starting in 1929 scared a whole generation of investors.

bearverb詞源 2

  • 1

    To carry or convey, literally or figuratively.

    • They came bearing gifts.
    • Judging from the look on his face, he wasn't bearing good news.
  • 2

    To carry or convey, literally or figuratively.

    • the right to bear arms
    • Master Shake: […] so that I too may be able to bet on the sporting event where the guy did jailtime for bringing the gun into the club. / Carl: Hey ey ey, watch it. He got a constitutional right to bear arms...in a dance club.
  • 3

    To carry or convey, literally or figuratively.

    • The queen bore the royal scepter and crown as she processed into the hall.
  • 4

    rareTo carry or convey, literally or figuratively.

    • The scan showed that the ewe was bearing twins.
  • 5

    To carry or convey, literally or figuratively.

    • She still bears the scars from a cycling accident.
    • The stone bears a short inscription.
  • 6

    To carry or convey, literally or figuratively.

    • The shield bore a red cross.
  • 7

    To carry or convey, literally or figuratively.

    • He bore the look of a defeated man.
    • The body was unclothed, and bore the appearance of being washed up by the sea.
  • 8

    To carry or convey, literally or figuratively.

    • The school still bears the name of its founder.
    • […] imitations that bear the same name as the things […]
另外 27 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    To carry or convey, literally or figuratively.

    • The dictator bears a terrible reputation for cruelty.
  • 10

    To carry or convey, literally or figuratively.

    • The bond bears a fixed interest rate of 3.5%.
  • 11

    To carry or convey, literally or figuratively.

    • Only the male Indian elephant bears tusks.
  • 12

    To carry or convey, literally or figuratively.

    • to bear a grudge, to bear ill will
    • the ancient grudge I bear him
  • 13

    rareTo carry or convey, literally or figuratively.

    • The brothers had always borne one another respect.
  • 14

    To carry or convey, literally or figuratively.

    • to bear life
  • 15

    To carry or convey, literally or figuratively.

    • The punishment bears no relation to the crime.
  • 16

    To carry or convey, literally or figuratively.

    • His achievements bear testimony to his ability.
    • The jury could see he was bearing false witness.
  • 17

    To carry or convey, literally or figuratively.

    • This word no longer bears its original meaning.
    • Her sentence bore that she should stand a certain time upon the platform.
  • 18

    To carry or convey, literally or figuratively.

    • She bore herself well throughout the ordeal.
    • Thus must thou thy body bear.
  • 19

    rareTo carry or convey, literally or figuratively.

    • Every man should bear rule in his own house.
  • 20

    obsoleteTo carry or convey, literally or figuratively.

  • 21

    obsoleterareTo carry or convey, literally or figuratively.

    • Bear them to my house.
  • 22

    To support, sustain, or endure.

    • This stone bears most of the weight.
  • 23

    To support, sustain, or endure.

    • The pain is too much for me to bear.
    • It doesn’t bear thinking about.
  • 24

    To support, sustain, or endure.

    • The hirer must bear the cost of any repairs.
    • He shall bear their iniquities.
  • 25

    To support, sustain, or endure.

    • In all criminal cases the most favourable interpretation should be put on words that they can possibly bear.
  • 26

    To support, sustain, or endure.

    • This storm definitely bears monitoring.
    • An unusually high percentage of the hundreds of gay men who participated in the experimental trials for this vaccine (1978-1980) developed AIDS. Since these trials occurred at about the same time as the first AIDS cases in the same cities […] a possible connection at least bears careful study.
  • 27

    To support, keep up, or maintain.

    • […] admitted to that equal sky, / His faithful dog shall bear him company.
  • 28

    To support, keep up, or maintain.

    • […] and he finds the Pleasure, and Credit of bearing a Part in the Conversation, and of having his Reasons sometimes approved and hearken'd to.
  • 29

    To press or impinge upon.

    • The rope has frayed where it bears on the rim of the wheel.
    • These men therefore bear hard upon the suspected party.
  • 30

    To press or impinge upon.

    • to bring arguments to bear
    • How does this bear on the question?
  • 31

    governmentmilitarypoliticsTo press or impinge upon.

    • The cannons were wheeled around to bear upon the advancing troops.
    • 2012, Ronald D. Utt, Ships of Oak, Guns of Iron Constitution's gun crews crossed the deck to the already loaded larboard guns as Bainbridge wore the ship around on a larboard tack and recrossed his path in a rare double raking action to bring her guns to bear again on Java's damaged stern.
  • 32

    To produce, yield, give birth to.

    • In Troy she becomes Paris’ wife, bearing him several children, all of whom die in infancy.
    • The twins were borne by an Italian mother.
  • 33

    To produce, yield, give birth to.

    • This year our apple trees bore a good crop of fruit.
    • Betwixt two seasons comes th' auspicious air, / This age to blossom, and the next to bear.
  • 34

    To be, or head, in a specific direction or azimuth (from somewhere).

    • Carry on past the church and then bear left at the junction.
    • By my readings, we're bearing due south, so we should turn about ten degrees east.
  • 35

    obsoleteTo gain or win.

    • Some think to bear it by speaking a great word.
    • She was […] found not guilty, through bearing of friends and bribing of the judge.

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資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。