brook

英 [brʊk]

美 [brʊk]

n.  溪; 小河; 小川
v.  (不)允许(某事)

复数：brooks　过去式：brooked　第三人称单数：brooks　现在分词：brooking　过去分词：brooked　

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同义词辨析

riverbrookstream【导航词义：河】

牛津词典

noun

• 溪；小河；小川
  a small river

verb

• （不）允许（某事）
  to not allow sth
  1. The tone in his voice brooked no argument.
     他的声音里透露着一种不容争辩的语调。

柯林斯词典

• 小溪；小河
  Abrookis a small stream.
• VERB 容许，忍受（他人的干预或反对）
  If someone in a position of authority willbrook nointerference or opposition, they will not accept any interference or opposition from others.
  1. From childhood on, she'd had a plan of action, one that would brook no interference...
     从孩提时代起，她就有了一个行动计划，而且是个不容他人干预的计划。
  2. The army will brook no weakening of its power.
     这支部队不会容忍对其实力的削弱。

英英释义

noun

• a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
  1. the creek dried up every summer
  Synonym:creek

verb

• put up with something or somebody unpleasant
  1. I cannot bear his constant criticism
  2. The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks
  3. he learned to tolerate the heat
  4. She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage
  Synonym:digestendurestick outstomachbearstandtoleratesupportabidesufferput up

双语例句

• The army will brook no weakening of its power.
  这支部队不会容忍对其实力的削弱。
• I trace the lucid brook, babbling along, ho, go through the lush woods, so hazy.
  踪清溪之溅溅兮，穿茂林之蔼蔼。
• Brook has sifted the evidence and summarises it clearly.
  布鲁克已经仔细审查过证据并将其总结得一清二楚。
• The facts brook no distortion.
  事实不容歪曲。
• The brook rushed on, rippling and bickering.
  溪水奔流，铿然有声。
• We will brook no outside interference.
  我们不容许任何外来干涉。
• Ahead, he saw the side railings of First Bridge over Crooked Brook.
  他看见了克鲁克德河上第一大桥的桥栏就在前面。
• And the woman said unto them, They be gone over the brook of water.
  妇人说，他们过了河了。
• A brook divides the field.
  一条小溪把这块地分开。
• An old man was angling for fish in a brook.
  一位老翁正在小溪中钓鱼。