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boundsn. (pl.) 1. boundaries,areas,territory边界,地区,领土。 △Lr.1.1.65(63): “Of all these bounds,even from this line to this,”在这些界线之内(又译:在这一大片领土之内),从这条线到这条线。 2. barriers 障碍。 △R.III.4.1.20: “Hath he setbounds between their love(i.e.my children’s love)and me?”难道他在我们母子之爱当中设置障碍了吗? 3.bounds of feed.rights of pasturing over a limitedarea,pasturage放牧权,牧场。 △As.3.5. 107:“And he hath bought the cottage and the bounds/That theold carlot once was master of.”他买下了本来属于那老农夫的茅屋和牧场。 bounds of feed: areas in which one has the right tograze his sheep,pastures牧区,牧场。 △As.2.4. 84(83): “his cote,his flocks,and bounds of feed/Are now on sale.”他的茅舍,羊群,牧场,现在都要出卖了。 bound 1 vt. confine,enclose,restrict拘禁,关闭住,限制。 △Ham.2.2.264 (254): “O God,I could be boundedin a nutshell,and count myself a king of infinite space—were it not that I have bad dreams.”啊,上帝! 倘不是因为我做那些噩梦,即使把我关在一个栗子壳里,我也会把自己当做一个拥有无限空间的君王的。 △1H.VI.4.2.45: “Howare we parked and bounded in a pale.”我们多么像在围场里被人团团围住、关了起来。 |