Engelsk navneord: brook | |||
1. | brook (om ting) a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river) | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The creek dried up every summer. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | creek | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | stream, watercourse | ||
Mere specifikke termer | brooklet | ||
Eksempler på forekomster af mere specifikke termer | Aegospotami, Aegospotamos, Bull Run | ||
Engelsk udsagnsord: brook | |||
1. | brook (om erkendelse) put up with something or somebody unpleasant | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | I cannot bear his constant criticism. The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks. He learned to tolerate the heat. She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage. | ||
Eksempler på anvendelse | Sam cannot brook Sue | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | abide, bear, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | allow, countenance, let, permit | ||
Mere specifikke termer | accept, bear up, hold still for, live with, pay, sit out, stand for, swallow, take a joke, take lying down | ||
Udsagnsord med lignende betydning | suffer | ||