Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter B - Page 16
Basilary (a.) 基部的，頭蓋骨底部的 Relating to, or situated at, the base.
Basilary (a.) Lower; inferior; applied to impulses or springs of action. [R.] "Basilar instincts." -- H. W. Beecher.
Compare: Inferior
Inferior (a.) [Z]（地位等）低等的；下級的；低於……的 [（+to）]；（品質等）次的；較差的；次於……的 [（+to）] Lower in rank, status, or quality.
‘Schooling in inner-city areas was inferior to that in the rest of the country’
Inferior (a.) Of low standard or quality.
‘Inferior goods.’
Inferior (a.) [Law ] (Of a court or tribunal) Susceptible to having its decisions overturned by a higher court.
Compare: Susceptible
Susceptible (a.) 易被感動的，易動感情的；多情的；易受……影響的 [F] [（+to）]；敏感的，過敏的 [F] [（+to）] Likely or liable to be influenced or harmed by a particular thing.
‘Patients with liver disease may be susceptible to infection.’
Susceptible (a.) (Of a person) Easily influenced by feelings or emotions; sensitive.
‘They only do it to tease him—he's too susceptible.’
Susceptible (a.) (Susceptible of) Capable or admitting of.
‘The problem is not susceptible of a simple solution.’
Inferior (a.) [Economics ] Denoting goods or services which are in greater demand during a recession than in a boom, for example second-hand clothes.
Inferior (a.) [Anatomy] Low or lower in position.
‘Ulcers located in the inferior and posterior wall of the duodenum.’
Inferior (a.) [Botany] oOf the ovary of a flower) Situated below the sepals and enclosed in the receptacle.
Inferior (a.) [Printing] (Of a letter, figure, or symbol) Written or printed below the line.
Inferior (n.) [C]（地位等）低於他人者；部下，屬下；次品 A person lower than another in rank, status, or ability.
‘Her social and intellectual inferiors.’
Inferior (n.) [Printing] An inferior letter, figure, or symbol.
‘This mark indicates that the letter is superior to an inferior.’
Basilary (a.) Of or relating to or located at the base; "the basilar membrane of the cochlea" [syn: basilar, basilary].
Basilic (n.) Basilica.
Basilic (a.) Alt. of Basilical
Basilical (a.) 重要的；顯貴的 Royal; kingly; also, basilican.
Basilical (a.) (Anat.) Pertaining to certain parts, anciently supposed to have a specially important function in the animal economy, as the middle vein of the right arm.
Basilicas (n. pl. ) of Basilica
Basilic[ae] (-s[=e]) (n. pl. ) of Basilica
Basilica (n.) （古羅馬）長方形會堂；【建】長方形建築；梵蒂岡大教堂 Originally, the place of a king; but afterward, an apartment provided in the houses of persons of importance, where assemblies were held for dispensing justice; and hence, any large hall used for this purpose.
Basilica (n.) (Arch.) A building used by the Romans as a place of public meeting, with court rooms, etc., attached.
Basilica (n.) (Arch.) A church building of the earlier centuries of Christianity, the plan of which was taken from the basilica of the Romans. The name is still applied to some churches by way of honorary distinction.
Basilica (n.) A digest of the laws of Justinian, translated from the original Latin into Greek, by order of Basil I., in the ninth century. -- P. Cyc.
Basilica (n.) An early Christian church designed like a Roman basilica; or a Roman Catholic church or cathedral accorded certain privileges; "the church was raised to the rank of basilica".
Basilica (n.) A Roman building used for public administration [syn: basilica, Roman basilica].
Basilica (n.), Civil law. This is derived from a Greek word, which signifies imperial constitutions. The emperor Basilius, finding the Corpus Juris Civilis of Justinian too long and obscure, resolved to abridge it, and under his auspices the work proceeded to the fortieth book, which, at his death, remained unfinished. His son and successor, Leo, the philosopher, continued the work, and published it in sixty books, about the year 880. Constantine Porphyro-genitus, younger brother of Leo, revised the work, re-arranged it, and republished it, Anno Domini, 910. From that time the laws of Justinian ceased to have any force in the eastern empire, and the Basilica were the foundation of the law observed there till Constantine XIII, the last of the Greek emperors, under whom, in 1453, Constantinople was taken by Mahomet the Turk, who put an end to the empire and its laws. Histoire de la Jurisprudence Etienne, Intr. a 1'etude du Droit Romain, Sec. LIII. The Basilica were written in Greek. They were translated into Latin by J. Cujas (Cujacius) Professor of Law in the University of Bourges, and published at Lyons, 22d of January, 1566, in one vol. fo.
Basilican (a.) 巴西利卡式的，長方形廊柱式的 Of, relating to, or resembling a basilica; basilical.
There can be no doubt that the first churches in Constantinople were in the basilican form. -- Milman.
Basilican (a.) Of or relating to or resembling a basilica.
Basilicok (n.) 傳說中的怪蛇；【動】蜥蜴 The basilisk. [Obs.] -- Chaucer
Basilicon (n.) (Med.) An ointment composed of wax, pitch, resin, and olive oil, lard, or other fatty substance.
Basilisk (n.) A fabulous serpent, or dragon. The ancients alleged that its hissing would drive away all other serpents, and that its breath, and even its look, was fatal. See Cockatrice.
Make me not sighted like the basilisk. -- Shak.
Basilisk (n.) (Zool.) A lizard of the genus Basiliscus, belonging to the family Iguanid[ae].
Note: This genus is remarkable for a membranous bag rising above the occiput, which can be filled with air at pleasure; also for an elevated crest along the back, that can be raised or depressed at will.
Basilisk (n.) (Mil.) A large piece of ordnance, so called from its supposed resemblance to the serpent of that name, or from its size.[Obs.]
Basilisk (n.) (Classical mythology) A serpent (or lizard or dragon) able to kill with its breath or glance.
Basilisk (n.) Ancient brass cannon.
Basilisk (n.) Small crested arboreal lizard able to run on its hind legs; of tropical America.
Basilisk (n.) (In R.V., Isa. 11:8; 14:29; 59:5; Jer. 8:17), The "king serpent," as the name imports; a fabulous serpent said to be three spans long, with a spot on its head like a crown. Probably the yellow snake is intended. (See Cockatrice.)
Basilisk (n.) The cockatrice. A sort of serpent hatched form the egg of a cock. The basilisk had a bad eye, and its glance was fatal. Many infidels deny this creature's existence, but Semprello Aurator saw and handled one that had been blinded by lightning as a punishment for having fatally gazed on a lady of rank whom Jupiter loved. Juno afterward restored the reptile's sight and hid it in a cave. Nothing is so well attested by the ancients as the existence of the basilisk, but the cocks have stopped laying.
Compare: Cockatrice
Cockatrice (a.) 雞身蛇尾怪物；（《聖經》中的）毒蛇；惡毒的人 Another term for basilisk (sense 1).
‘Should you ever even think you see a basilisk or cockatrice, shut your eyes immediately and change the view to something else.’
Another term for Basilisk (sense 1)
Compare: Serpent
Serpent (n.) [Literary] 蛇（尤指大蛇、毒蛇）[C]；狡猾的人；陰險毒辣的人 [C] A large snake.
Serpent (n.) (The Serpent) A biblical name for Satan (see Gen. 3, Rev. 20).
A dragon or other mythical snake-like reptile.
‘Fire-breathing, flying serpents.’
Compare: Biblical
Biblical (a.) 《聖經》的；《聖經》中的；按照《聖經》的；恪守《聖經》的 Relating to or contained in the Bible.
‘The biblical account of creation.’
‘Biblical times.’
Biblical (a.) Resembling the language or style of the Bible.
‘There is a biblical cadence in the last words he utters.’
Biblical (a.) Very great; on a very large scale.
‘We need rainfall of biblical proportions to bring us back to normal.’
Serpent (n.) A sly or treacherous person, especially one who exploits a position of trust in order to betray it.
Serpent (n.) [Historical ] A bass wind instrument made of leather-covered wood in three U-shaped turns, with a cup-shaped mouthpiece and few keys.
‘Brass bands began as military bands in the 19th century, initially with keyed bugles, serpents, bass horns, and other keyed brass instruments, changing to valved brass once these became available.’
‘An exception must be made for the occasions when the serpent is used to double the awesome Dies Irae at Requiem mass.’
Compare: Requiem
Requiem (n.) （亦作R-）追思彌撒；安魂彌撒；安魂曲；輓歌 A Christian ceremony for a person who has recently died, at which people say prayers for his or her soul.
See related entries: Religious ceremonies.
Requiem (n.) A piece of music for this ceremony.
Basilisk (n.) 巴西利斯克（basilisk），又叫蛇尾雞或者翼蜥，在希臘和歐洲的傳說裡，是所有蛇類之王，並且能以眼神致人於死。根據Pliny the Elder的Naturalis Historia，巴西利斯克是一種有劇毒的小蛇，其爬行過的土地會留下有毒的黏液，而他的凝視同樣也是致命的。
關於巴西利斯克的形象，有三種不同的描述：巨大的蜥蜴、巨大的蛇或是一隻三尺高、有著蛇尾巴和牙齒的公雞。據說它的頭上有法冠或皇冠狀的羽飾，故被稱為「國王」，一般把它定位在一種雞身蛇尾的怪物，與雞蛇（cockatrice）類似。關於巴西利斯克還有一個另人難以置信的傳說，據說它是從公雞所孵化的蛇蛋出生（和雞蛇的傳言－由蛇孵化的雞蛋－剛好相反）的。在中世紀的歐洲，巴西利斯克和公雞的形象才慢慢重疊，Geoffrey Chaucer就曾在其著作Canterbury Tales中描繪巴西利斯克（其稱之為basilicok）的樣子。
鄉野傳說和故事也不斷為巴西利斯克的致命能力加油添醋，如將其描述成一隻會吐火的巨大的野獸、光以它的聲音就能殺人等等，甚至有作家說他不只光碰觸就能殺人，還能以碰觸受害者接觸的東西來殺害他－如他手中所握的劍。巴西利斯克也是瑞士城市巴塞爾(Basel)的守護生物。
In European bestiaries and legends, a basilisk, from the Greek, "little king"; Latin regulus) is a legendary reptile reputed to be a serpent king, which was hybrid from a rooster and a serpent, who can cause death with a single glance. According to the Naturalis Historia of Pliny the Elder, the basilisk of Cyrene is a small snake, "being not more than twelve fingers in length", [2] that is so venomous, it leaves a wide trail of deadly venom in its wake, and its gaze is likewise lethal. Its weakness is the odor of the weasel, which, according to Pliny, was thrown into the basilisk's hole, recognizable because some of the surrounding shrubs and grass had been scorched by its presence. It is possible that the legend of the basilisk and its association with the weasel in Europe was inspired by accounts of certain species of Asiatic snakes (such as the king cobra) and their natural predator, the mongoose.
Basin (n.) 盆；臉盆；食物盆；洗滌槽；水坑，水池 A hollow vessel or dish, to hold water for washing, and for various other uses.
Basin (n.) The quantity contained in a basin.
Basin (n.) A hollow vessel, of various forms and materials, used in the arts or manufactures, as that used by glass grinders for forming concave glasses, by hatters for molding a hat into shape, etc.
Basin (n.) A hollow place containing water, as a pond, a dock for ships, a little bay.
Basin (n.) A circular or oval valley, or depression of the surface of the ground, the lowest part of which is generally occupied by a lake, or traversed by a river.
Basin (n.) The entire tract of country drained by a river, or sloping towards a sea or lake.
Basin (n.) An isolated or circumscribed formation, particularly where the strata dip inward, on all sides, toward a center; -- especially applied to the coal formations, called coal basins or coal fields.
Compare: Circumscribed
Circumscribed (a.) 外接的； 侷限的 Circumscribed literally means "to draw around". A circumscribed circle of a triangle for example is the circle that passes through all three vertices. Usually called the circumcircle.
Where 'circumscribed' usually means drawn around the outside of something, the word inscribed means something drawn inside a figure.
Compare: Vertex
Vertex (n. pl. Vertices, Vertexes) 頂點；頭頂；天頂 The highest point; the top or apex.
Vertex (n.) [Anatomy] The crown of the head.
Vertex (n.) [Geometry] Each angular point of a polygon, polyhedron, or other figure.
Vertex (n.) A meeting point of two lines that form an angle.
Vertex (n.) The point at which an axis meets a curve or surface.
Basined (a.) Inclosed in a basin.
Basinet (n.) Same as Bascinet.
Basioccipital (a.) (Anat.) 枕骨底部的 Of or pertaining to the bone in the base of the cranium, frequently forming a part of the occipital in the adult, but usually distinct in the young. -- n. The basioccipital bone.
Basioccipital (n.) 基枕骨 The basioccipital bone.
Basion (n.) (Anat.) 【解】後頭孔前緣正中央之一點；顱底穴 The middle of the anterior margin of the great foramen of the skull.
Basipodite (n.) (Anat.) 基節；底肢節 The basal joint of the legs of Crustacea.
Compare: Basal
Basal (a.) [Technical] 基礎的；基本的；根本的；基部的，基座的 Forming or belonging to a bottom layer or base.
‘Basal epidermal cells.’
‘The plant grows huge basal leaves.’
Compare: Epidermal
Epidermal (a.) 【解】表皮的 Relating to or denoting the outer layer of cells covering an organism.
‘The epidermal layers of skin.’
‘Epidermal thickening.’
Compare: Crustacea
Crustacea (pl. n.) (Zoology) 【動】甲殼類 A large group of mainly aquatic arthropods which include crabs, lobsters, shrimps, woodlice, barnacles, and many minute forms. They are very diverse, but most have four or more pairs of limbs and several other appendages.
Subphylum (or phylum) Crustacea
Crustacea (pl. n.) (Crustacea) Arthropods of the group Crustacea.
Basipterygium (n.) (Anat.) 鰭基軟骨 A bar of cartilage at the base of the embryonic fins of some fishes. It develops into the metapterygium. -- Ba*sip`ter*yg"i*al, a.
Compare: Metapterygium
Metapterygium (n.) (Ichthyology) 後鰭軟骨；後鰭骨 The prominent posterior cartilage at the base of the pectoral (and sometimes pelvic) fin in certain cartilaginous fishes.
Compare: Ichthyology
Ichthyology (n.) [Mass noun] 魚類學 The branch of zoology that deals with fishes.
Basipterygoid (a. & n.) (Anat.) Applied to a protuberance of the base of the sphenoid bone.
Bases (n. pl. ) of Basis
Basis (n.) 基礎，根據；準則 [（+of/ for）]； 行動（或進程）的方式；主要部分；基本成分 The foundation of anything; that on which a thing rests. -- Dryden.
Basis (n.) The pedestal of a column, pillar, or statue. [Obs.]
If no basis bear my rising name. -- Pope.
Basis (n.) The groundwork the first or fundamental principle; that which supports.
The basis of public credit is good faith. -- A. Hamilton.
Basis (n.) The principal component part of a thing.
Basis (n.) A relation that provides the foundation for something; "they were on a friendly footing"; "he worked on an interim basis" [syn: footing, basis, ground].
Basis (n.) The fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained; "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture" [syn: basis, base, foundation, fundament, groundwork, cornerstone].
Basis (n.) The most important or necessary part of something; "the basis of this drink is orange juice" [syn: basis, base].
Basisolute (a.) (Bot.) Prolonged at the base, as certain leaves.
Basisphenoid (a.) Alt. of Basisphenoidal
Basisphenoidal (a.) (Anat.) 基質類 Of or pertaining to that part of the base of the cranium between the basioccipital and the presphenoid, which usually ossifies separately in the embryo or in the young, and becomes a part of the sphenoid in the adult.
Basisphenoid (n.) (Anat.) 基蝶骨；底蝶骨 The basisphenoid bone.
Basked (imp. & p. p.) of Bask
Basking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bask
Bask (v. t.) 使舒適暖和 To lie in warmth; to be exposed to genial heat.
Basks in the glare, and stems the tepid wave. -- Goldsmith.
Bask (v. t.) To warm by continued exposure to heat; to warm with genial heat.
Basks at the fire his hairy strength. -- Milton.
Bask (v.) Derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in; "She relished her fame and basked in her glory" [syn: enjoy, bask, relish, savor, savour].
Bask (v.) Be exposed; "The seals were basking in the sun".
Bask (v.) [ I usually + adv/ prep ] 曬太陽；取暖 To lie or sit enjoying the warmth especially of the sun.
// We could see seals on the rocks, basking in the sun.
Bask in sth (-- phrasal verb with bask verb) [ I usually + adv/ prep ] 沉浸在…中 To take pleasure from something that makes you feel good.
// He basked in his moment of glory, holding the trophy up to the crowd.
Bask (v. i.) 取暖；曬太陽；（在某種環境或氣氛中）感到適意 [（+in）] To lie or relax in a pleasant warmth or atmosphere.
// Basking in the warmth of the sun.
Bask (v. i.) To take pleasure or derive enjoyment.
// Basked in the spotlight.
Bask (v. t) (Obsolete) To warm by continued exposure to heat.
// … basks at the fire his hairy strength … -- John Milton.
Compare: Trophy
Trophy (n.) (pl. - ies) 戰利品；勝利紀念品；獎品 [C]；古希臘、羅馬的勝利紀念碑 A cup or other decorative object awarded as a prize for a victory or success.
Trophy (n.) A souvenir of an achievement, especially a part of an animal taken when hunting.
Trophy (n.) (In ancient Greece or Rome) The weapons of a defeated army set up as a memorial of victory.
Basket (n.) [C] 籃，簍，筐；一籃（或簍、筐）之量 [（+of）] A vessel made of osiers or other twigs, cane, rushes, splints, or other flexible material, interwoven.
Basket (n.) The contents of a basket; as much as a basket contains; as, a basket of peaches.
Basket (n.) The bell or vase of the Corinthian capital.
Basket (n.) The two back seats facing one another on the outside of a stagecoach.
Basket (v. t.) To put into a basket.
Basketball (n.) (pl. Basketballs) 籃球運動 [U]；籃球 [C] A ball game, usually played indoors in an area called the basketball court, in which two opposing teams of five players each contest with each other to toss a large inflated ball (the basketball) into opposite goals (baskets) resembling baskets, each typically a cylindrical mesh suspended from a circular rim which is held ten feet above the court. A goal scored by passing the basketball through the basket may count from one to three points, depending on the situation in which it was thrown.
Syn: basketball game.
Basketball (n.) The inflatable ball used in the game of basketball.
Basketball (n.) A game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop [syn: {basketball}, {basketball game}, {hoops}].
Basketball (n.) An inflated ball used in playing basketball.
Basketfuls (n. pl. ) of Basketful
Basketful (n.) [(+of)] 一滿籃（或簍、筐）[C]；相當可觀的數量 [S] As much as a basket will contain.
Basketful (n.) The quantity contained in a basket [syn: basket, basketful].
Basketry (n.) 編製籃子的技藝；（總稱）籃子，筐 The art of making baskets; also, baskets, taken collectively.
Basketry (n.) The craft of basket making.
Basking shark (n.) (Zool.) 象鮫（學名:Cetorhinus maximus），又名姥鯊、象鯊，是象鮫科及象鮫屬中唯一的一個物種。牠是僅次於鯨鯊的世界上第二大魚類。象鮫分布在全世界的溫帶海洋。牠們遊動緩慢，一般都沒有危害及依靠浮游生物為餌料的。
就像其他的大型鯊魚，象鮫正面臨滅絕的危險，原因是其低繁殖及過份捕魚，以供應世界各地對魚翅、魚肉及器官的需求。
One of the largest species of sharks ({Cetorhinus maximus), so called from its habit of basking in the sun; the liver shark, or bone shark. It inhabits the northern seas of Europe and America, and grows to a length of more than forty feet. It is a harmless species.
Basking shark (n.) 象鮫 （Cetorhinus maximus） 的英文俗名是 basking sharks（「日光浴鯊」） Large harmless plankton-eating northern shark; often swims slowly or floats at the sea surface [syn: basking shark, Cetorhinus maximus].
Compare: Plankton
Plankton (n.) [Mass noun] （總稱）浮游生物 The small and microscopic organisms drifting or floating in the sea or fresh water, consisting chiefly of diatoms, protozoans, small crustaceans, and the eggs and larval stages of larger animals. Many animals are adapted to feed on plankton, especially by filtering the water.
‘Prawns change their diet from plant plankton to animal plankton.’
Compare with Nekton
[As modifier ]‘Plankton feeders.’
Nekton (n.) [Mass noun] (Zoology) 游行動物 Aquatic animals that are able to swim and move independently of water currents.
Compare: Aquatic
Aquatic (a.) 水生的；水棲的；水上的；水中（進行）的 Relating to water.
‘Animals have eyes adapted to the hues of their aquatic home.’
‘Those who favour cycling or various aquatic sports.’
Aquatic (a.) (Of a plant or animal) Growing or living in or near water.
‘Aquatic plants.’
‘The bay could support aquatic life.’
Aquatic (n.) 水生植物；水生動物 [C]；水上運動 [P] [G] An aquatic plant or animal, especially one suitable for a pond or aquarium.
‘Water lilies and other deep-water aquatics.’
‘Specialist aquatics suppliers.’
Aquatic (n.) (Aquatics) Sports played in or on water.
Bascinet (n.) A light helmet, at first open, but later made with a visor. [Written also basinet, bassinet, basnet.].
Basnet (n.) Same as Bascinet.
Bascinet (n.) 中頭盔 A light helmet, at first open, but later made with a visor. [Written also basinet, bassinet, basnet.]
Basommatophora (n. pl.) (Zool.) A group of Pulmonifera having the eyes at the base of the tentacles, including the common pond snails.
Bason (n.) A basin. [Obs. or Special form]
Basque (n.) [F.] 巴斯克；所在國：西班牙；經緯坐標: 43°00′N2°45′W；巴斯克人 One of a race, of unknown origin, inhabiting a region on the Bay of Biscay in Spain and France.
Basque (n.) The language spoken by the Basque people.
Basque (n.) 巴斯克式婦女緊身上衣 A part of a lady's dress, resembling a jacket with a short skirt; -- probably so called because this fashion of dress came from the Basques.
Basque (a.) [F.] 巴斯克（人）的；巴斯克語的 Pertaining to Biscay, its people, or their language.
Basque (n.) A member of a people of unknown origin living in the western Pyrenees in France and Spain.
Basque (n.) The language of the Basque people; of no known relation to any other language.
Basquish (a.) Pertaining to the country, people, or language of Biscay; Basque [Obs.] -- Sir T. Browne.
Bas-relief (n.) 淺浮雕 Low relief; sculpture, the figures of which project less than half of their true proportions; -- called also bass-relief and basso-rilievo. See Alto-rilievo.
Compare: Alto-rilievo
Alto-rilievo, Alto-relievo in British (n.) (pl. Alto-rilievi, pl. -vos) 【義】隆（高浮）雕，圓雕 Another name for high relief.
Compare: High relief (In British)
High relief (In British) (n.) 高浮雕 Relief in which forms and figures stand out from the background to half or more than half of their natural depth.
Also called: Alto-relievo
Bass (n. pl. ) of Bass
Basses (n. pl. ) of Bass
Bass (n.) An edible, spiny-finned fish, esp. of the genera Roccus, Labrax, and related genera. There are many species.
Note: The common European bass is Labrax lupus. American species are: the striped bass ({Roccus lineatus); white or silver bass of the lakes ({Roccus chrysops); brass or yellow bass ({Roccus interruptus).
Bass (n.) The two American fresh-water species of black bass (genus Micropterus). See Black bass.
Bass (n.) Species of Serranus, the sea bass and rock bass. See Sea bass.
Bass (n.) The southern, red, or channel bass (Sciaena ocellata). See Redfish.
Note: The name is also applied to many other fishes. See Calico bass, under Calico.
Bass (n.) (Bot.) The linden or lime tree, sometimes wrongly called whitewood; also, its bark, which is used for making mats. See Bast.
Bass (n.) (Pron.) A hassock or thick mat.
Bass (n.) A bass, or deep, sound or tone.
Bass (n.) (Mus.) The lowest part in a musical composition.
Bass (a.) (Mus.) One who sings, or the instrument which plays, bass. [Written also base.]
Thorough bass. See Thorough bass.
Bass (a.) （聲音）低沉的；男低音的；（樂器）低音的 Deep or grave in tone.
Bass (v. t.) To sound in a deep tone. [R.] -- Shak.
Bass (a.) Having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range; "a deep voice"; "a bass voice is lower than a baritone voice"; "a bass clarinet" [syn: bass, deep].
Bass (n.) The lowest part of the musical range.
Bass (n.) The lowest part in polyphonic music [syn: bass, bass part].
Bass (n.) 男低音 [U]；男低音歌手 [C] An adult male singer with the lowest voice [syn: bass, basso].
Bass (n.) The lean flesh of a saltwater fish of the family Serranidae [syn: sea bass, bass].
Bass (n.) Any of various North American freshwater fish with lean flesh (especially of the genus Micropterus) [syn: freshwater bass, bass].
Bass (n.) The lowest adult male singing voice [syn: bass, bass voice, basso].
Bass (n.) 低音樂器；樂器的低音音程 The member with the lowest range of a family of musical Instruments.
Bass (n.) Nontechnical name for any of numerous edible marine and freshwater spiny-finned fishes.
Bass (n.) 鱸魚 Is a name shared by many species of fish. The term encompasses both freshwater and marine species, all belonging to the large order Perciformes, or perch-like fishes. The word bass comes from Middle English bars, meaning "perch". [1]
Bassa (n.) Alt. of Bassaw
Bassaw (n.) See Bashaw.
Compare: Bashaw
Bashaw (n.) 土耳其人對權貴之尊稱；大人物 Another term for pasha (sense 1).
Compare: Pasha
Pasha (n.) (Also pacha) [Historical ] The title of a Turkish officer of high rank.
Pasha (n.) (Also two-tailed pasha) A large orange-brown butterfly with two tails on each hindwing and complex patterns on the underwings, occurring around the Mediterranean and in Africa.
Charaxes jasius, subfamily Nymphalinae, family Nymphalidae
‘The Two-Tailed Pasha is the largest European butterfly, with the fore-wing span of the female often measuring more than 4 inches.’
‘The Two-tailed Pasha is one of Europe's most spectacular butterflies.’
Bass drum (n.) 大鼓 The largest of the different kinds of drums, having two heads, and emitting a deep, grave sound. See Bass, a.
Basset (n.) A game at cards,
resembling the modern faro, said to have been invented at
Some dress, some dance, some play, not to forget Your piquet parties, and your dear basset. -- Rowe.
Basset (a.) (Geol.) Inclined upward; as, the basset edge of strata. -- Lyell.
Basset (n.) (Geol.) 【地】（地層、礦物等的）露出 The edge of a geological stratum at the surface of the ground; the outcrop.
Basseted (imp. & p. p.) of Basset
Basseting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Basset
Basset (v. i.) (Geol.) 露出地表 To inclined upward so as to appear at the surface; to crop out; as, a vein of coal bassets.
Basset (n.) 矮腳長耳獵犬 Smooth-haired breed of hound with short legs and long ears [syn: basset, basset hound].
Basset (v.) Appear at the surface; "A seam of coal bassets" [syn: basset, crop out].
Basset horn (a.) An instrument blown with a reed, and resembling a clarinet, but of much greater compass, embracing nearly four octaves.
Basset hound () A small kind of hound with a long body and short legs, used as an earth dog.
Basseting (n.) The upward direction of a vein in a mine; the emergence of a stratum at the surface.
Bassetto (n.) (Mus.) 中音維爾琴 A tenor viol or small bass viol.
Compare: Bass viol
Bass viol (n.) (pl. - s) (Mus.) 低音維爾琴（bass viol）A fretted, bowed, stringed musical instrument from the viola da gamba family. It occupies the bass range and is the lowest instrument in the family. Similar to (but smaller than) a cello.
// My piano teacher also plays the bass viol.
Compare: Cello
Cello (n.) (pl. Cellos or Celli) 大提琴 (Music) A large stringed instrument of the violin family with four strings, tuned from lowest to highest C-G-D-A, and played with a bow, also possessing an endpin to support the instrument's weight.
Compare: Endpin
Endpin (n.) (pl. Endpins) (Music, lutherie) 尾針 {琴腳} The spike of a cello or double bass that makes contact with the floor and supports the weight of the instrument.
Compare: Lutherie
Lutherie (n.) 弦樂器 Lutherie is the making of wooden, stringed, musical instruments, such as guitars, violins, lutes, and mandolins. The similar word Luthiery is used (particularly in the United States) to refer to the making of stringed instruments other than those in the violin family.
Compare: Luthiery
Luthiery (n.) [U] The construction and repair of stringed instruments.
Endpin (n.) (pl. Eendpins) (Lutherie) Synonym of Endbutton.
Bass horn (n.) (Mus.) 大號 A modification of the bassoon, much deeper in tone.
Bass horn (n.) The lowest brass wind instrument [syn: bass horn, sousaphone, tuba].
Compare: Sousaphone
Sousaphone (n.) 低音喇叭 An American form of tuba with a wide bell pointing forward above the player's head, used in marching bands.
Compare: Tuba
Tuba (n.)【音】 大號；低音兼次中音大號；大號手 A large brass wind instrument of bass pitch, with three to six valves and a broad bell typically facing upwards.
Tuba (n.) A powerful reed stop on an organ with the quality of a tuba.
Compare: Trumpet
Trumpet (n.) [C] 喇叭；小號；喇叭形擴聲器；喇叭聲似的聲音；象的吼聲 A brass musical instrument with a flared bell and a bright, penetrating tone. The modern instrument has the tubing looped to form a straight-sided coil, with three valves.
Trumpet (n.) An organ reed stop with a quality resembling that of a trumpet.
‘If an organ has only one manual reed stop, it is often a Trumpet, and usually on the Swell.’
‘Common trumpet reed names are Posaune, Bombard, Trumpet, and Clarion.’
Trumpet (n.) A sound resembling that of a trumpet, especially the loud cry of an elephant.
‘His voice blazed to a trumpet in his indignation.’
Trumpet (n.) Something shaped like a trumpet, especially the tubular corona of a daffodil flower.
Trumpet (n.) (Trumpets) A North American pitcher plant.
Genus Sarracenia, family Sarraceniaceae: several species, in particular yellow trumpets (S. flava)
Trumpet (v.) (trumpets, trumpeting, trumpeted) (No object) 吹喇叭；大聲疾呼；（象等）吼叫 Play a trumpet.
‘A jazz band trumpeted on the stage behind, and the kids danced until dark’
Trumpet (v.) (No object) Make a loud, penetrating sound resembling that of a trumpet.
‘Wild elephants trumpeting in the bush.’
Trumpet (v.) [With object] Proclaim widely or loudly.
‘The press trumpeted another defeat for the government.’
Phrases
Blow one's (own) trumpet [British] Talk boastfully about one's achievements.
‘He refused to blow his own trumpet and blushingly declined to speak.’
Bassinet (n.) A wicker basket, with a covering or hood over one end, in which young children are placed as in a cradle.
Bassinet (n.) See Bascinet. -- Lord Lytton.
Bassinet (n.) A basket (usually hooded) used as a baby's bed.
Bassinet (n.) A perambulator that resembles a bassinet.
Bassinet (n.) [ C ] （一端有蓬蓋的）嬰兒搖籃，手提式嬰兒床 A small bed for a very young baby.
Compare: Perambulator
Perambulator (n.) [ C ] [Uk old-fashioned] 手推童車，嬰兒車（pram的正式說法） [Formal for] P ram.
Compare: Pram
Pram (n.) [C] (Us baby carriage) 手推童車，嬰兒車 A vehicle for moving a baby around that consists of a small bed supported by a frame on four wheels.
// I saw her pushing a pram down the street.
Basso (n.) 低音部，低音歌手 The bass or lowest part; as, to sing basso.
Basso (n.) One who sings the lowest part.
Basso (n.) The double bass, or {contrabasso}.
{Basso continuo}. [It., bass continued.] (Mus.) A bass part written out continuously, while the other parts of the harmony are indicated by figures attached to the bass; continued bass.
Basso (n.) An adult male singer with the lowest voice [syn: {bass}, {basso}].
Basso (n.) The lowest adult male singing voice [syn: {bass}, {bass voice}, {basso}].
Bassock (n.) A hassock. See 2d {Bass}, 2.
Bassoon (n.) 巴松笛；低音簧 A wind instrument of the double reed kind, furnished with holes, which are stopped by the fingers, and by keys, as in flutes. It forms the natural bass to the oboe, clarinet, etc.
Note: Its compass comprehends three octaves. For convenience of carriage it is divided into two parts; whence it is also called a fagot.
Bassoon (n.) A double-reed instrument; the tenor of the oboe family.
Compare: Oboe
Oboe (n.) 【音】雙簧管； = Oboist; A woodwind instrument with a double-reed mouthpiece, a slender tubular body, and holes stopped by keys.
Compare: Oboist
Oboist (n.) 雙簧管吹奏者 Someone who plays the oboe.
Oboe (n.) An organ stop resembling an oboe in tone.
Bassoonist (n.) Bassoon 吹奏者 A performer on the bassoon. -- Busby.
Bassoonist (n.) A musician who plays the bassoon.
Basso-rilievo (n.) Alt. of Basso-relievo
Bassso-rilievo (n.) Same as Bas-relief.
Compare: Bas-relief
Bas-relief (n.) 淺浮雕 Low relief; sculpture, the figures of which project less than half of their true proportions; -- called also bass-relief and basso-rilievo. See Alto-rilievo.