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bouquet garni [bouquet garni 词源字典]: "A bunch of herbs, typically encased in a muslin bag, used for flavouring a stew or soup", French, literally 'garnished bouquet'.[bouquet garni etymology, bouquet garni origin, 英语词源]
bristols: "A woman’s breasts", 1960s: from rhyming slang Bristol Cities 'titties'.
Belisha beacon: "(In the UK) an orange ball containing a flashing light, mounted on a striped post on the pavement at each end of a zebra crossing", 1930s: named after Leslie Hore- Belisha (1893–1957), British politician, Minister of Transport when the beacons were introduced.
brome: "An oat-like grass which is sometimes grown for fodder or ornamental purposes", Mid 18th century: from modern Latin Bromus, from Greek bromos 'oat'.
bireme: "An ancient warship with two files of oarsmen on each side", Late 16th century: from Latin biremis, from bi- 'having two' + remus 'oar'.
barograph: "A barometer that records its readings on a moving chart", Mid 19th century: from Greek baros 'weight' + -graph.
butterwort: "A carnivorous bog plant which has violet flowers borne above a rosette of greasy yellowish-green leaves that trap and digest small insects, found in both Eurasia and North America", Late 16th century: named from the plant's supposed ability to keep cows in milk, and so maintain the supply of butter.
bradycardia: "Abnormally slow heart action", Late 19th century: from Greek bradus 'slow' + kardia 'heart'.
babu: "A respectful title or form of address for a man, especially an educated one", From Hindi bābū, literally 'father'.
bap: "A large, round, flattish bread roll, typically with a spongy texture and floury top", Late 16th century: of unknown origin.
bapu: "A father (often as a form of address)", From Gujarati.
bodhrán: "A shallow one-sided Irish drum typically played using a short stick with knobbed ends", Irish.
bania: "(In India) a trader or merchant", From Hindi baniyā, from Sanskrit vāṇija.
bated: "In great suspense; very anxiously or excitedly", Late 16th century: from the past participle of obsolete bate 'restrain', from abate. More A shortened form of abated (Middle English), meaning ‘reduced, lessened’. The idea behind the phrase with bated breath is that the anxiety or excitement you experience while waiting for something to happen is so great that you almost stop breathing. The word is sometimes spelled baited, from a mistaken association with a fisherman's bait. It came from the Old French abattre ‘to fell’, from Latin ad ‘to, at’ and batt(u)ere ‘to beat’ which is also the source of abattoir, which to some extent replaced the medieval term slaughterhouse in the early 19th century.
bazoom: "A woman’s breast", 1950s: probably an alteration of bosom.
barnet: "A person’s hair", Mid 19th century: from rhyming slang barnet fair, the name of a famous horse fair held at Barnet, Herts.
bakkie: "A light truck or pickup truck", Afrikaans, from bak 'container' + the diminutive suffix -ie.
Bangla: "The Bengali language", From Bengali bāṅglā.
baraza: "(In East Africa) a public meeting place", Kiswahili.
badmash: "A dishonest or unprincipled man", From Urdu, from Persian bad 'evil' + Arabic ma‘āš 'means of livelihood'.