bairn

[bɛən]

n. 小孩

n.

【苏格兰】小孩, 幼儿

bairn

bairn[bεən]n.1.■[苏格兰和英格兰北部英语]2.■女儿3.■儿子4.■小孩

1. (chiefly Scottish & N. English)a child
   (主 苏格兰， 北英格兰)小孩
   

1. Old English bearn, of Germanic origin; related to the verb bear
   

bairn

名词 bairn:

a child: son or daughter

bairn

■'I think he swore: but I didn't mind him, I was straining to see the bairn,' and she began again to describe it rapturously.

“我想他骂来着，但我没在意。我只想看那个孩子了。”她又开始兴高采烈的描述那孩子。

■If you see the laird, tell him that Jennet Clouston has called down the curse on him and his wife, miss, or bairn, --black, black be their fall!

你见到那地主时就告诉他，说琼妮特·克劳斯顿咒他 ，咒他的老婆、闺女或娃娃，要他们永世永世不得超生！

■Well, it seems the man cried so sore, if he could just see his little bairn before he died

唉，他哭得多伤心啊，假如他能在孩子死前看上孩子一眼，就好了。

■t mind him, I was straining to see the bairn,'

我只想看那个孩子了。”

■I can't believe she's going off to university. Seems like only last week she was still just a bairn.

真不敢相信她就要去上大学了。好像几个星期前她还只是个小孩呢。

■Give bairn his will,and a whelp his fill,and none of these two will thrive.

纵容溺爱，子不成材。