【英语学习】【WOTD】borne 释义/词源/示例

矫情吗；* 2022-02-01 12:59 296阅读 0赞

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*  Podcast
 *  borne \*adj.\* \[BORN\]
 *  Definition
 *  Did You Know?
 *  Examples

# Podcast #

[borne podcast][]

# borne *adj.* \[BORN\] #

# Definition #

: transported or transmitted by — used in combination  
：以…方式运输或传输 — 用在组合中

# Did You Know? #

*Borne* is, just like *born*, the past participle of the verb *bear*, which can mean (among other things) “to contain” or “to give birth to.” At first, *borne* and *born* were variant spelling of the same adjective. Used as in *water-borne* (or *water-born*), it means “carried by.” In the phrase “borne enemies” (or “born enemies”), it means “from birth.” To add to the confusion, the spelling *borne* sees occasional use in the passive voice in the “to give birth to” sense, as in “two sons were borne by his wife.” In combining forms, *born* is reserved for the adjective related to birth (as in *newly-born* and *Massachusetts-born*) and *borne* retains the sense of “carried” (“airborne passengers”).

词源词根演化：bear (v. “to contain” or “to give birth to”) —> borne / born

Borne，还有born，都是动词*bear*的过去分词，意思是：（在许多事物中）“包含”或者“生育”。 最初，borne与born都同一个形容词的不同变体写法。可以用在water-borne（或water-born，“通过水传播的”）中，意思是“由…承载”。在短语“borne enemies” （或 born enemies），意思是“与生俱来的”。更加让人迷惑的是，borne这种写法还偶见于被动语态中，表示“生育”，例如“two sons were borne by his wife.” 在组合形式中，born主要用于表示“生育”的形容词中（例如newly-born 新生的，和Massachusetts-born 马萨诸塞出生的），而borne则主要用于“承载”的意思（例如，airborne passenger 乘飞机的旅客）。

# Examples #

*  “by 2050, half the world’s population could be at risk of mosquito-*borne* diseases like dengue fever or the Zika virus, new research suggests.”  
    — **Chelsea Harvey**, *Scientific American*, 7 Mar. 2019  
    最新研究暗示：到2050年，全球大约一半的人将可能受到蚊子传播的疾病风险，例如登革热或者Zika病毒。
 *  “Tocoma had a population of 36,006 by 1890, a boom of 3,179.2 percent in just 10 years. But not to be outdone, Seattle had formed its own rail service, the Seattle & Walla Walla Railroad, to feed off the profitable railroad-*borne* commerce.”  
    — **Steve Dunkelberger**, *[SouthSoundTalk.com][]* (Pierce County, Washington), 28 Aug. 2018
    
    Tocoma在1890年的人口是3,6006，在10年内，人口激增了3179.2%（31倍）。但是没有问题，西雅图成立了它自己的铁路服务，the Seattle & Walla Walla Railroad公司，从有利可图的铁路承运商机中发展壮大。
    
    注：outdone：被打败的；feed of：以…为食物来源，从…取食，因…而壮大（常用于贬义），依靠…维持生活

[borne podcast]: https://rss.art19.com/episodes/4d543993-dcac-4847-98a7-78efed3b9b17.mp3
[SouthSoundTalk.com]: http://SouthSoundTalk.com