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bevatron [bevatron 词源字典]: "A synchrotron used to accelerate protons to energies in the billion electronvolt range", 1940s: from BeV + -tron.[bevatron etymology, bevatron origin, 英语词源]
biodeterioration: "Deterioration of a substance or object caused by the action of living organisms", 1960s; earliest use found in AIBS Bulletin. From bio- + deterioration.
biotechnics: "With singular concord. The application of science and technology to the utilization and improvement of living organisms and their products", Mid 19th cent. From bio- + technics.
bioelectricity: "Electrical phenomena in living organisms; electricity produced by a living organism", 1920s. From bio- + electricity. Compare earlier bioelectric, bioelectrical.
bioecological: " Biology . Of or relating to the ecology of organisms and their interactions with each other", 1920s; earliest use found in Journal of Mammalogy. From bio- + ecological, after bioecology.
bioturbation: "The disturbance of sedimentary deposits by living organisms", 1960s: from bio- + Latin turbatio(n-), from turbare 'disturb'.
biocellate: "Marked with two small eye-like spots, like those on a butterfly's wing", Mid 19th cent. From bi- + ocellate.
bonne femme: "(Of fish dishes, stews, and soups) cooked in a simple way", French, from the phrase à la bonne femme 'in the manner of a good housewife'.
baryte: "A mineral consisting of barium sulphate, typically occurring as colourless prismatic crystals or thin white flakes", Late 18th century (as barytes): from Greek barus 'heavy' + endings based on Greek -ites.
black plague: "= Black Death", Early 17th cent.; earliest use found in Sampson Price (d. 1630), Church of England clergyman and religious writer. From black + plague.
biomedical engineering: "The application of the principles and techniques of engineering science to biomedical systems and problems; an interdisciplinary branch of science dealing with this", 1960s; earliest use found in Science.
basilosaurus: "A large marine cetacean of the Eocene epoch, having rudimentary fore and hind limbs", Modern Latin, from Greek basileus 'king' + sauros 'lizard'.
baseband: "A frequency band with a lower frequency limit close to zero; the frequency band occupied by an unmodulated signal or by a signal used for modulation", 1950s; earliest use found in U.S. Patents. From base + band.
buttinsky: "An interfering person", Early 20th century: from butt in (see butt) and -ski, formed in humorous imitation of the final element in many Russian names.
barbastelle: "An Old World bat with broad ears that meet over the head", Late 18th century: from French, from Italian barbastello.
benighted: "In a state of pitiful or contemptible intellectual or moral ignorance", Late 16th century (in sense 2): past participle of archaic benight 'cover in the darkness of night, obscure' (see be-, night).
ball pen: "= ball-point pen", 1940s; earliest use found in Esquire Magazine.
bagnio: "A brothel", Late 16th century (in sense 2): from Italian bagno, from Latin balneum 'bath'.
benzol: "Crude benzene used as a fuel", Mid 19th century: from benzoic acid + -ol.
bubble and squeak: "Cooked cabbage fried with cooked potatoes and often meat", Late 18th century: from the sounds of the mixture cooking.