bourne
noun[C]
(alsobourn)uk/bɔːn/us/bɔːrn/literary
alimitorboundary(=edge):
界限；边界Thesemattersare beyond the bourne ofourunderstanding.这些问题超出了我们的理解范围。
literary
adestination(= theplacewhere someone is going):
She was about todepartfor someunknownbourne.
UKold use
asmallstream:
小河，小溪，溪流The "burn"partof theplacenameTyburn isderivedfrom "bourne", whichmeansstream.地名Tyburn中，"burn"这一部分来源于"bourne"，是溪流的意思。
- Themysteryofexistencewilleverloombeyond the bourne of man'sintellect.
- Hamletdescribesnon-existence as "that undiscover'dcountryfrom whose bourn notravellerreturns".
- Event horizonsmarkthe bourne from which notraveller,evenlight, canreturn, because of theintensegravity.
- Settingforthin anoppositedirection, he should get to the same bourne by anotherroute.
- Thevesselmovedthrough thefogtowards someunseenbourne.
Range and limits
- all the way toidiom
- ambit
- anywhere
- band
- bound
- condition
- glass ceiling
- limit
- limited
- meta
- multiparameter
- realm
- restricted
- scope
- specialized
- spectrum
- spread
- stretch
- string
- strings attachedidiom
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