bouquet1 n.花束;香味;芳香 [ dial var of OF bos, bois wood]
bourgeois2 n.中产阶级的人 [ BURGESS 市民;议员]
bourn n.小河;目的;界限 [ borne bodne BOUND]
bout3 n.一阵;一回;一次 [16th c: app the same as obs bought bending]
bovine4 a.似牛的;笨拙的 [ bovinus bos bovis ox]
bowdlerize v.删去不妥的文句 [ Bowdler, expurgator of Shakesp]
bower5 n.树荫;寝室;提琴演奏者 [ Bauer peasant, jack6 at cards, rel to Du boer:
BOOR[农民;乡下;佬]
boycott7 v.联合抵制 [Capt Boycott, Irish land-agent d 1897, so treated from 1880]
brace8 v.支持;使固定 [ brace two arms, bracier embrace, brachia arms bracing紧张的;使心神清爽的;支柱]
bracelet9 n.手镯;手拷 [dimin. of bracel bracchiale brachium arm]
brackish10 a.混有盐的;作呕的 [obs brack MDu brac]
brag11 n.自夸,吹牛,自夸的东西 [orig. adj., = spirited, boastful: orig. unkn.]
braggart12 n.吹牛;吹牛的 [ bragard braguer BRAG自夸,夸耀,吹嘘]
brake n.煞车器;丛林;煞车 [perh shortened BRACKEN, -en being taken as a plending]
bramble n.荆棘 [ br'mbel: BROOM 扫帚金雀花]
brand n.品种;商标;烙印
brandish13 v.挥 [brandir ult, rel to BRAND烙印;商标]
brash a.性急的;仓促的;无礼的 [brashy 易碎的;脆弱的 ~ material 易碎的材质]
brat14 n.小鬼;小家伙 [a spoiled ~ 调皮捣蛋的小鬼;小坏蛋]
bravado15 n.作威;虚张的勇气 [ bravata BRAVE, -ADO ado 骚扰;费力,麻烦;骚动;困难]
bravo int.n.好极!暴徒;刺客
bravura16 n.勇敢尝试;华美演奏 []
braw a.衣饰华美的;美好的 [var. of brawf BRAVE]
brawl17 v.争吵 [rel to BRAY18 驴的叫声,似驴叫的声音 喧哗 捣碎,擂碎,把捣成粉]
brawny19 a.肌肉结实的;强壮的 [brawn 肌肉;肌力,膂力,体力;人力,劳力]
braze v.用黄铜制;做黄铜色 [ br'sen br's BRASS20]
brazen21 a.无耻的 [ad.厚着脸皮地]
brazier n.火盆 [ME prob BRASS + -IER, after glass, glazier]
breach22 n.破裂;违反法纪 [breche]
breeze n.微风
brevity n.简洁 [ brevete, brievete bref BRIEF]
brew23 v.酿造;图谋 [ breowan ]
bribe24 n.贿赂;拉拢 [briber, brimber beg]
bridle25 n.v.缰绳;拘束;抑制;昂首 [ bridel unbridled激烈的;不受约束的]
brigade n.旅;队;编成旅;分类 [brigata company brigare be busy with briga strife26; a fire ~ 消防队]
brigand27 n.强盗 [ brigante brigare: BRIGADE旅团体,队,组]
brilliant a.灿烂的;显赫的;有才气的 [ brillant part of briller shine It brillare]
