词组 | bred |
释义 | bred in the bone1. Deeply and firmly rooted, ingrained, or established. Hyphenated if used as a modifier. His bred-in-the-bone etiquette came as a result of his years of military training. In this part of the country, hospitality is simply bred in the bone. 2. Long-standing and habitual, especially of ideology or religion. Hyphenated if used as a modifier. Most people vote according to their bred-in-the-bone political identification, rather than making individual assessments of different candidates. A lot of times, religious views are simply bred in the bone. born and bredBorn and raised in a particular place, which has shaped one's personality. As you could probably tell by his aggressive driving, he's a New Yorker, born and bred. born and raisedBoth born and raised in the same particular place; having lived in one's birthplace through one's adolescence. The phrase implies that one's identity has been shaped by the place. I may live in California now, but I'm a Texas gal, born and raised! breed up a stormOf the weather, to become overcast. I wouldn't go outside right now—it looks to be breeding up a storm. born and raisedand born and bredborn and nurtured through childhood, usually in a specific place. She was born and raised in a small town in western Montana. Freddy was born and bred on a farm and had no love for city life. born and bredBorn and educated in a single locale or social class. For example, Adam was a Bostonian, born and bred. Although the two words were paired earlier, the precise locution dates from the mid-1800s. born and bredby birth and upbringing. 1991 Sharon Kay Penman The Reckoning I was being tended by a most unlikely nurse, an Irish sprite who spoke French as if she was Paris born and bred. ˌborn and ˈbredborn and brought up (in a place): He’s Liverpool born and bred.Both my parents were born and bred in London.breed up a stormNew England To become cloudy. born and bredDescribing a native, a person born and raised in the same place. The alliterative appeal of this phrase no doubt led to its overuse. Joseph Addison paired the two early on (The Spectator, 1711): “Being bred to no business and born to no estate.” The precise locution appears in Fanny Kemble’s travel book (1863), “Born and bred in America.” |
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