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brook

noun
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  1. a small river溪；小河；小川
    • We'll have to cross the brook to get to the road.我们必须越过小溪才能上路。
    • The road goes over a small brook.这条路经过一条小溪。
    • The peace and quiet was disturbed only by a gently babbling brook.和平与宁静只被一条轻轻的小溪所干扰。
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    • The brook runs across the middle of the field.溪流穿过田野的中部。
    • a area of lovely lakes and babbling brooks可爱的湖泊和小溪的区域
    Topics Geographyc2
    Word Originnoun Old English brōc, of unknown origin; related to Dutch broek and German Bruch ‘marsh’.

brook

verb
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(formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they brook
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he / she / it brooks
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past simple brooked
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past participle brooked
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-ing form brooking
🔊/ˈbrʊkɪŋ/
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  1. not brook something/not brook somebody doing something/brook no…
     to not allow something不允许（某事）
    • The tone in his voice brooked no argument.他的话里带着不容争辩的语气。🔊🔊
    • She would brook no criticism of her son.她不会容忍她儿子的批评。
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryBrook is used with these nouns as the object:
    • dissent
    • opposition
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    Word Originverb Old English brūcan ‘use, possess’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bruiken and German brauchen. The current sense dates from the mid 16th cent., a figurative use of an earlier sense ‘digest, stomach’.