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barn 音标拼音: [b'ɑrn] n. 仓库,谷仓,牲口棚 仓库,谷仓,牲口棚 barn n 1: an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals 2: ( physics) a unit of nuclear cross section; the effective circular area that one particle presents to another as a target for an encounter [ synonym: { barn}, { b}] Barn \ Barn\ ( b[ aum] rn), n. [ OE. bern, AS. berern, bern; bere barley ern, [ ae] rn, a close place. [ root] 92. See { Barley}.] A covered building used chiefly for storing grain, hay, and other productions of a farm. In the United States a part of the barn is often used for stables. [ 1913 Webster] { Barn owl} ( Zool.), an owl of Europe and America ({ Aluco flammeus}, or { Strix flammea}), which frequents barns and other buildings. { Barn swallow} ( Zool.), the common American swallow ({ Hirundo horreorum}), which attaches its nest of mud to the beams and rafters of barns. [ 1913 Webster]
Barn \ Barn\, v. t. To lay up in a barn. [ Obs.] -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] Men . . . often barn up the chaff, and burn up the grain. -- Fuller. [ 1913 Webster]
Barn \ Barn\, n. A child. See { Bairn}. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] |
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