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单词 brook
释义
brook
noun[C]
uk
/brʊk/us
/brʊk/
asmallstream:
小溪，小河
I couldhearthesoundof ababblingbrook.我可以听见小溪潺潺的流水声。
Synonym
creek
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brook
verb
formal
uk
/brʊk/us
/brʊk/
brook nosomething/not brooksomething
to notalloworacceptsomething,especiallyadifferenceofopinionorintention:
不容忍；不接纳（尤指异议）
She won't brook anycriticismof herwork.她不能容忍任何对她工作的批评。
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(Definition ofbrookfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

brook| American Dictionary

brook
noun[C]
us
/brʊk/

brooknoun[C](STREAM)

asmallstream:
A brookrunspast thehouse.
brook
verb[T]
us
/brʊk/

brookverb[T](ALLOW)

toalloworacceptsomething,esp. adifferenceofopinionorintention:
She won’t brook anycriticismof herwork.
(Definition ofbrookfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbrook

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Nevertheless, in the southern portion of the basin, year-round agriculture can be practiced in various locations, where permanent springs and brooks naturally irrigate the soil.
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In the study area only small patches of primary forest remained near rivers and brooks.
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Most employers brooked no interference.
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He declared willow pollards could be planted with great profit by the sides of brooks and rivers, but preferred coppicing as a way of obtaining long and clean stems.
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The constructed realm of the head was contentious, fractious, domineering which brooked no dissent; that of the heart experienced love, affection, humanism and therefore was universalist.
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Beside thebrook, the blocks of flats are 5 storeys high to exploit the most attractive view.
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The woman anthropomorphizes thebrook, and assigning a fictive human agency to thebrooksoon becomes important.
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The realities of modern war do notbrookmuch choice in the matter.
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They will both be committed to thebrook, which will unite them further.
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Brookleaned her long frame backward and rested her neck on his shoulder.
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Metres 5.18-19, 'the clearbrookis stirred and mixed up'.
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Every sunken road and field, every copse andbrookand river, every shell-crater and trench represents a point of brief safety or mortal danger, a point of life or death.
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We'll both be married to thebrook.
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The only weakness is ours in brooking such perceptions, such goings-on and such leaders.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
The nation must be alerted to the fact that this brooks no further delay.
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