barn

• n. 穀倉；畜棚；車庫；靶（核反應截麵單位）
• vt. 把…貯存入倉

來自古英語bareaern, 麥倉。bar, 大麥，同barley。aern, 屋子，倉庫，詞源同ransack, 被洗劫屋子的。

barn (n.)

Old English bereærn "barn," literally "barley house," from bere "barley" (see barley) + aern "house," metathesized from *rann, *rasn (cognates: Old Norse rann, Gothic razn "house," Old English rest "resting place;" sealtærn "saltworks").

Barley was not always the only crop grown as the data recovered at Bishopstone might suggest but it is always the most commonly represented, followed by wheat and then rye and oats. [C.J. Arnold, "An Archaeology of the Early Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms," 1988, p.36]

Another word for "barn" in Old English was beretun, "barley enclosure" (from tun "enclosure, house"), which accounts for the many Barton place names on the English map, and the common surname. Barn door used figuratively for "broad target" and "great size" since 1540s.

1. The barn was filled with the sour-sweet smell of fresh dung.

穀倉裏彌漫著新糞酸甜的氣味。

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2. The rooster chased me across the dirt floor of the barn.

公雞追著我跑過穀倉的泥土地麵。

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3. In 1979, Liquor Barn thrived as a discount merchandiser.

1979年，LiquorBarn烈酒折扣店的生意十分紅火。

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4. He and Walker patched the barn roof.

他和沃克補好了穀倉頂。

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5. He strode purposefully towards the barn.

他毅然大步朝糧倉走去。

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