bower 音标拼音: [b'ɑʊɚ]
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bower n 1 :
a framework that supports climbing plants ; "
the arbor provided a shady resting place in the park " [
synonym : {
arbor },
{
arbour }, {
bower }, {
pergola }]
v 1 :
enclose in a bower [
synonym : {
embower }, {
bower }]
Bower \
Bo "
wer \,
n . [
From {
Bow },
v . &
n .]
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1 .
One who bows or bends .
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2 . (
Naut .)
An anchor carried at the bow of a ship .
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3 .
A muscle that bends a limb ,
esp .
the arm . [
Obs .]
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His rawbone arms ,
whose mighty brawned bowers Were wont to rive steel plates and helmets hew .
--
Spenser .
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{
Best bower }, {
Small bower }.
See {
the Note under Anchor }.
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Bower \
Bow "
er \ (
bou "[~
e ]
r ),
n . [
G .
bauer a peasant .
So called from the figure sometimes used for the knave in cards .
See {
Boor }.]
One of the two highest cards in the pack commonly used in the game of euchre .
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{
Right bower },
the knave of the trump suit ,
the highest card (
except the "
Joker ")
in the game .
{
Left bower },
the knave of the other suit of the same color as the trump ,
being the next to the right bower in value .
{
Best bower }
or {
Joker },
in some forms of euchre and some other games ,
an extra card sometimes added to the pack ,
which takes precedence of all others as the highest card .
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Bower \
Bow "
er \,
n . [
OE .
bour ,
bur ,
room ,
dwelling ,
AS .
b [=
u ]
r ,
fr .
the root of AS .
b [=
u ]
an to dwell ;
akin to Icel .
b [=
u ]
r chamber ,
storehouse ,
Sw .
b [=
u ]
r cage ,
Dan .
buur ,
OHG .
p [=
u ]
r room ,
G .
bauer cage ,
bauer a peasant . [
root ]
97 ]
Cf .{
Boor },
{
Byre }.]
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1 .
Anciently ,
a chamber ;
a lodging room ;
esp .,
a lady '
s private apartment .
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Give me my lute in bed now as I lie ,
And lock the doors of mine unlucky bower .
--
Gascoigne .
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2 .
A rustic cottage or abode ;
poetically ,
an attractive abode or retreat . --
Shenstone .
B .
Johnson .
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3 .
A shelter or covered place in a garden ,
made with boughs of trees or vines ,
etc .,
twined together ;
an arbor ;
a shady recess .
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Bower \
Bow "
er \,
v .
t .
To embower ;
to inclose . --
Shak .
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Bower \
Bow "
er \,
v .
i .
To lodge . [
Obs .] --
Spenser .
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Bower \
Bow "
er \,
n . [
From {
Bough },
cf . {
Brancher }.] (
Falconry )
A young hawk ,
when it begins to leave the nest . [
Obs .]
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44 Moby Thesaurus words for "
bower ":
ace ,
alcove ,
arbor ,
best bower ,
cards ,
clubs ,
conservatory ,
deck ,
deuce ,
diamonds ,
dummy ,
face cards ,
flush ,
full house ,
gazebo ,
glasshouse ,
greenhouse ,
hand ,
hearts ,
jack ,
joker ,
king ,
kiosk ,
knave ,
lathhouse ,
left bower ,
pack ,
pair ,
pergola ,
picture cards ,
playing cards ,
queen ,
retreat ,
round ,
royal flush ,
rubber ,
ruff ,
singleton ,
spades ,
straight ,
summerhouse ,
trey ,
trick ,
trump
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