Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter B - Page 28
Behave (v. t.) （後接 Oneself）使檢點，使守規矩；（後接 Oneself）使表現得（……）[O] To manage or govern in point of behavior; to discipline; to handle; to restrain. [Obs.]
He did behave his anger ere 't was spent. -- Shak.
Behave (v. t.) To carry; to conduct; to comport; to manage; to bear; -- used reflexively.
Those that behaved themselves manfully. -- 2 Macc. ii. 21.
Behave (v. i.) 表現，行為舉止 [Q]；行為檢點，聽話，表現好；（機器等）開動，運轉 To act; to conduct; to bear or carry one's self; as, to behave well or ill.
Note: This verb is often used colloquially without an adverb of manner; as, if he does not behave, he will be punished. It is also often applied to inanimate objects; as, the ship behaved splendidly.
Behave (v.) Behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people" [syn: {act}, {behave}, {do}].
Behave (v.) Behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times" [syn: {behave}, {acquit}, {bear}, {deport}, {conduct}, {comport}, {carry}].
Behave (v.) Behave well or properly; "The children must learn to behave" [syn: {behave}, {comport}] [ant: {misbehave}, {misconduct}, {misdemean}].
Behavior (n.) [U] 行為，舉止；態度；（機器等的）運轉狀態，性能；（事物的）反應，變化；作用 Manner of behaving, whether good or bad; mode of conducting one's self; conduct; deportment; carriage; -- used also of inanimate objects; as, the behavior of a ship in a storm; the behavior of the magnetic needle. (Syn: (英) Behaviour)
A gentleman that is very singular in his behavior. -- Steele.
{To be upon one's good behavior}, {To be put upon one's good behavior}, To be in a state of trial, in which something important depends on propriety of conduct.
{During good behavior}, While (or so long as) one conducts one's self with integrity and fidelity or with propriety.
[Syn: {bearing}; {demeanor}; {manner}].
Usage: {Behavior}, {Conduct}. Behavior is the mode in which we have or bear ourselves in the presence of others or toward them; conduct is the mode of our carrying ourselves forward in the concerns of life. Behavior respects our manner of acting in particular cases; conduct refers to the general tenor of our actions. We may say of soldiers, that their conduct had been praiseworthy during the whole campaign, and their behavior admirable in every instance when they met the enemy.
Behavior (n.) Manner of acting or controlling yourself [syn: {behavior}, {behaviour}, {conduct}, {doings}].
Behavior (n.) The action or reaction of something (as a machine or substance) under specified circumstances; "the behavior of small particles can be studied in experiments" [syn: {behavior}, {behaviour}].
Behavior (n.) (Behavioral attributes) The way a person behaves toward other people [syn: {demeanor}, {demeanour}, {behavior}, {behaviour}, {conduct}, {deportment}].
Behavior (n.) (Psychology) The aggregate of the responses or reactions or movements made by an organism in any situation [syn: {behavior}, {behaviour}].
Behavior (n.) Conduct, as determined, not by principle, but by breeding. The word seems to be somewhat loosely used in Dr. Jamrach Holobom's translation of the following lines from the _Dies Irae_:
Recordare, Jesu pie, Quod sum causa tuae viae. Ne me perdas illa die.
Pray remember, sacred Savior, Whose the thoughtless hand that gave your Death-blow. Pardon such behavior.
Behaviour (n.) (UK) (US behavior) (B1) [ U ] 行為，舉止 The way that someone behaves.
// Her behaviour is often appalling.
// He was notorious for his violent and threatening behaviour.
Beheaded (imp. & p. p.) of Behead
Beheading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Behead
Behead (v. t.) 砍……的頭，把……斬首 To sever the head from; to take off the head of.
Behead (v.) Cut the head of; "the French King was beheaded during the Revolution" [syn: decapitate, behead, decollate].
Behead, () A method of taking away life practised among the Egyptians (Gen. 40:17-19). There are instances of this mode of punishment also among the Hebrews (2 Sam. 4:8; 20:21,22; 2 Kings 10:6-8). It is also mentioned in the New Testament (Matt. 14:8-12; Acts 12:2).
Beheadal (n.) Beheading.
Beheld () imp. & p. p. of Behold.
Behemoth (n.) (U) [常 B~] 巨獸 （似河馬的巨獸; 出自聖經舊約“約伯記 40:15-24”） An animal, probably the hippopotamus, described in Job xl. 15-24.
Behemoth (n.) (C)巨大 [强大] 之物Something of large size or great power. Behen
Behemoth (n.) Someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful [syn: giant, goliath, behemoth, monster, colossus].
Behemoth (n.) A person of exceptional importance and reputation [syn: colossus, behemoth, giant, heavyweight, titan].
Behemoth, () (Job 40:15-24). Some have supposed this to be an Egyptian word meaning a "water-ox." The Revised Version has here in the margin "hippopotamus," which is probably the correct rendering of the word. The word occurs frequently in Scripture, but, except here, always as a common name, and translated "beast" or "cattle."
Behemoth, () Beasts.
Behen (n.) Alt. of Behn
Behn (n.) The Centaurea behen, or saw-leaved centaury.
Behn (n.) The Cucubalus behen, or bladder campion, now called Silene inflata.
Behn (n.) The Statice limonium, or sea lavender.
Behest (n.) That which is willed or ordered; a command; a mandate; an injunction.
To do his master's high behest. -- Sir W. Scott.
Behest (n.) A vow; a promise. [Obs.]
The time is come that I should send it her, if I keep the behest that I have made. -- Paston.
Behest (v. t.) To vow. [Obs.] -- Paston.
Behest (n.) An authoritative command or request.
Behete (v. t.) See {Behight}. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Behight (imp.) of Behight
Behight (p. p.) of Behight
Behoten () of Behight
Behight (v. t.) To promise; to vow.
Behight by vow unto the chaste Minerve. -- Surrey.
Behight (v. t.) To give in trust; to commit; to intrust.
The keys are to thy hand behight. -- Spenser.
Behight (v. t.) To adjudge; to assign by authority.
The second was to Triamond behight. -- Spenser.
Behight (v. t.) To mean, or intend.
More than heart behighteth. -- Mir. for Mag.
Behight (v. t.) To consider or esteem to be; to declare to be.
All the lookers-on him dead behight. -- Spenser.
Behight (v. t.) To call; to name; to address.
Whom . . . he knew and thus behight. -- Spenser.
Behight (v. t.) To command; to order.
He behight those gates to be unbarred. -- Spenser.
Behight (n.) A vow; a promise. [Obs.] -- Surrey.
Behind (prep.) 在……的背後；在……的後面；向……的背後；落後於，不如；遲於；晚於 On the side opposite the front or nearest part; on the back side of; at the back of; on the other side of; as, behind a door; behind a hill.
A tall Brabanter, behind whom I stood. -- Bp. Hall.
Behind (prep.) Left after the departure of, whether this be by removing to a distance or by death.
A small part of what he left behind him. -- Pope.
Behind (prep.) Left a distance by, in progress of improvement Hence: Inferior to in dignity, rank, knowledge, or excellence, or in any achievement.
I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles. -- 2 Cor. xi. 5.
Behind (adv.) 在背後；向背後；（留）在原處；（遺留）在後；遲；落後 [（+with/ in）] At the back part; in the rear. "I shall not lag behind." -- Milton.
Behind (adv.) Toward the back part or rear; backward; as, to look behind.
Behind (adv.) Not yet brought forward, produced, or exhibited to view; out of sight; remaining.
We can not be sure that there is no evidence behind. -- Locke.
Behind (adv.) Backward in time or order of succession; past.
Forgetting those things which are behind. -- Phil. ii. 13.
Behind (adv.) After the departure of another; as, to stay behind.
Leave not a rack behind. -- Shak.
Behind (n.) The backside; the rump. [Low]
Behind (adv.) In or to or toward the rear; "he followed behind"; "seen from behind, the house is more imposing than it is from the front"; "the final runners were far behind".
Behind (adv.) Remaining in a place or condition that has been left or departed from; "when he died he left much unfinished work behind"; "left a large family behind"; "the children left their books behind"; "he took off with a squeal of tires and left the other cars far behind".
Behind (adv.) Of timepieces; "the clock is almost an hour slow"; "my watch is running behind" [syn: {behind}, {slow}].
Behind (adv.) In or into an inferior position; "fell behind in his studies"; "their business was lagging behind in the competition for customers".
Behind (adv.) In debt; "he fell behind with his mortgage payments"; "a month behind in the rent"; "a company that has been run behindhand for years"; "in arrears with their utility bills" [syn: {behind}, {behindhand}, {in arrears}].
Behind (a.) Having the lower score or lagging position in a contest; "behind by two points"; "the 8th inning found the home team trailing".
Behind (n.) The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" [syn: {buttocks}, {nates}, {arse}, {butt}, {backside}, {bum}, {buns}, {can}, {fundament}, {hindquarters}, {hind end}, {keister}, {posterior}, {prat}, {rear}, {rear end}, {rump}, {stern}, {seat}, {tail}, {tail end}, {tooshie}, {tush}, {bottom}, {behind}, {derriere}, {fanny}, {ass}].
Behindhand (adv. & a.) (a.) 遲的；慢的 (adv.) 遲；慢；滯延 In arrears financially; in a state where expenditures have exceeded the receipt of funds.
Behindhand (adv. & a.) In a state of backwardness, in respect to what is seasonable or appropriate, or as to what should have been accomplished; not equally forward with some other person or thing; dilatory; backward; late; tardy; as, behindhand in studies or in work.
In this also [dress] the country are very much behindhand. -- Addison.
Behindhand (adv.) In debt; "he fell behind with his mortgage payments"; "a month behind in the rent"; "a company that has been run behindhand for years"; "in arrears with their utility bills" [syn: {behind}, {behindhand}, {in arrears}.
Behindhand (a.) Behind schedule; "was behindhand with the rent".
Behindhand ( adv. & a.) ( UK Formal) 遲地，慢地 Late in doing something or slower doing something than expected.
// I worked late last night because I was behindhand with my accounts.
Behither (prep.) On this side of.
Beheld (imp. & p. p.) of Behold
Beholden (p. p.) of Behold
Beholding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Behold
Behold (v. t.) 看；看見；注視 [O3] To have in sight; to see clearly; to look at; to regard with the eyes.
When he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived. -- Num. xxi. 9.
Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. -- John. i. 29.
Syn: To scan; gaze; regard; descry; view; discern.
Behold (v. i.) 瞧；用在祈使句中以引起人注意To direct the eyes to, or fix them upon, an object; to look; to see.
And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne, . . a lamb as it had been slain. -- Rev. v. 6.
Behold (v.) See with attention; "behold Christ!" [syn: {behold}, {lay eyes on}].
Behold (v.) [ T ] (Beheld, beheld old use or literary) 看見；注視 To see or look at someone or something.
// The new bridge is an incredible sight to behold.
Beholden (p. a.) 蒙恩的；負有義務的 Obliged; bound in gratitude; indebted.
But being so beholden to the Prince. -- Tennyson.
Beholden (a.) Under a moral obligation to someone.
Beholder (n.) 觀看者；旁觀者 [C] One who beholds; a spectator.
Beholder (n.) A person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses [syn: perceiver, percipient, observer, beholder].
Beholding (a.) Obliged; beholden. [Obs.]
I was much bound and beholding to the right reverend father. -- Robynson (More's Utopia).
So much hath Oxford been beholding to her nephews, or sister's children. -- Fuller.
Beholding (n.) The act of seeing; sight; also, that which is beheld. -- Shak.
Beholding (n.) Perception by means of the eyes [syn: {visual perception}, {beholding}, {seeing}].
Beholdingness (n.) The state of being obliged or beholden. [Obs.] -- Sir. P. Sidney.
Beholdingness (n.) (Uncountable) The state or quality of being beholden.
Beholdingness (n.) The state of being beholden or under obligation to any one.
Behoof (n.) 好處；利益 Advantage; profit; benefit; interest; use.
No mean recompense it brings To your behoof. -- Milton.
Behoof (n.). As a word of discourse, Signifies need, (egestas, necessitas, indigentia.) It comes from behoove, (Sax. behoven,) to need or have need of. In a secondary sense, which is the law sense of the word, it signifies use, service, profit, advantage, (interesse, opus.) It occurs in conveyances of land in fee simple.
Behoovable (a.) Supplying need; profitable; advantageous. [Obs.] -- Udall.
Behooved (imp. & p. p.) of Behoove
Behooving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Behoove
Behoove (v. t.) 對……有此必要 To be necessary for; to be fit for; to be meet for, with respect to necessity, duty, or convenience; -- mostly used impersonally.
And thus it behooved Christ to suffer. -- Luke xxiv. 46. [Also written {behove}.]
Behoove (v. i.) 有必要；適合 To be necessary, fit, or suitable; to befit; to belong as due. -- Chaucer.
Behoove (n.) Advantage; behoof. [Obs.]
It shall not be to his behoove. -- Gower.
Behoove (v.) Be appropriate or necessary; "It behooves us to reflect on this matter" [syn: {behoove}, {behove}].
Behooveful (a.) 有利的；有助的；有益的 Advantageous; useful; profitable. [Archaic] -- {Be*hoove"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Be*hoove"ful*ness}, n. [Archaic]
Behooveful (a.) (Archaic) Needful; useful; fit; profitable; advantageous.
Behove (v.) And derivatives. See {Behoove}, &c.
Behove (v.) Be appropriate or necessary; "It behooves us to reflect on this matter" [syn: {behoove}, {behove}].
Behovely (a. & adv.) Useful, or usefully. [Obs.]
Behowl (v. t.) To howl at. [Obs.]
The wolf behowls the moon. -- Shak.
Beige (n.) [F.] 原色嗶嘰；米黃色 Debeige.
Beige (a.) 米色的；灰棕色的 Of a light greyish-brown color.
Beige (n.) A very light brown [syn: {beige}, {ecru}].
Beild (n.) A place of shelter; protection; refuge.
Being (p. pr.) Existing.
Note: Being was formerly used where we now use having. "Being to go to a ball in a few days." -- Miss Edgeworth.
Note: In modern usage, is, are, was or were being, with a past participle following (as built, made, etc.) indicates the process toward the completed result expressed by the participle. The form is or was building, in this passive signification, is idiomatic, and, if free from ambiguity, is commonly preferable to the modern is or was being built. The last form of speech is, however, sufficiently authorized by approved writers. The older expression was is, or was, a-building or in building.
A man who is being strangled. -- Lamb.
While the article on Burns was being written. -- Froude.
Fresh experience is always being gained. -- Jowett (Thucyd. )
Being (n.) 存在；生存；生命 [U]；生物；人 [C]；（常指有生命體之）本質 [U]；be的動詞現在分詞、動名詞 Existence, as opposed to nonexistence; state or sphere of existence.
In Him we live, and move, and have our being. -- Acts xvii. 28.
Being (n.) That which exists in any form, whether it be material or spiritual, actual or ideal; living existence, as distinguished from a thing without life; as, a human being; spiritual beings.
What a sweet being is an honest mind ! -- Beau. & Fl.
A Being of infinite benevolence and power. -- Wordsworth.
Being (n.) Lifetime; mortal existence. [Obs.]
Claudius, thou Wast follower of his fortunes in his being. -- Webster (1654).
Being (n.) An abode; a cottage. [Prov. Eng.] -- Wright.
It was a relief to dismiss them [Sir Roger's servants] into little beings within my manor. -- Steele.
Being (adv.) Since; inasmuch as. [Obs. or Colloq.]
And being you have Declined his means, you have increased his malice. -- Beau. & Fl.
Being (n.) The state or fact of existing; "a point of view gradually coming into being"; "laws in existence for centuries" [syn: being, beingness, existence] [ant: nonbeing, nonentity, nonexistence].
Being (n.) A living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently [syn: organism, being].
Beirut (n.) (Geography) 貝魯特 The capital city of Lebanon. Population (2000) = 1,100,000.
Beirut (n.) Capital and largest city of Lebanon; located in western Lebanon on the Mediterranean [syn: {Bayrut}, {Beirut}, {capital of Lebanon}]
Beirut (n.) 貝魯特 是黎巴嫩的首都，位於貝魯特省的地中海沿岸，是該國最大的海港 Beirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. No recent population census has been done but in 2007 estimates ranged from slightly more than 1 million to slightly less than 2 million as part of Greater Beirut. Located on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's Mediterranean coast, Beirut is the country's largest and main seaport.
It is one of the oldest cities in the world, inhabited more than 5,000 years ago. The first historical mention of Beirut is found in the ancient Egyptian Tell el Amarna letters dating from the 15th century BC.
Beirut River runs south to north on the eastern edge of the city.
Beirut is Lebanon's seat of government and plays a central role in the Lebanese economy, with most banks and corporations based in its Central District, Badaro, Rue Verdun, Hamra and Ashrafieh. Following the destructive Lebanese Civil War, Beirut's cultural landscape underwent major reconstruction. [4] [5] [6] Identified and graded for accountancy, advertising, banking/finance and law, Beirut is ranked as a Beta World City by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network. [7]
In May 2015, Beirut was officially recognized as one of the New7Wonders Cities together with Vigan, Doha, Durban, Havana, Kuala Lumpur, and La Paz. [8]
Compare: Reconstruction
Reconstruction (n.) [Mass noun ] 重建，再建；再現，復原 [U]；重建物；復原物 [C] The action or process of reconstructing or being reconstructed.
‘The economic reconstruction of Russia.’
Reconstruction (n.) [Count noun ] A thing that has been rebuilt after being damaged or destroyed.
‘Comparison between the original and the reconstruction.’
Reconstruction (n.) [Count noun] An impression, model, or re-enactment of a past event formed from the available evidence.
‘A reconstruction of the accident would be staged to try to discover the cause of the tragedy.’
Reconstruction (n.) (Reconstruction) The period 1865–77 following the American Civil War, during which the southern states of the Confederacy were controlled by federal government and social legislation, including the granting of new rights to black people, was introduced.
Bejade (v. t.) To jade or tire. [Obs.] -- Milton.
Bejape (v. t.) To jape; to laugh at; to deceive. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Bejaundice (v. t.) To infect with jaundice.
Bejeweled (imp. & p. p.) of Bejewel
Bejewelled (imp. & p. p.) of Bejewel
Bejewelled (In British) (or US Bejeweled) (a. ) Decorated with or as if with jewels.
Bejewelled (a.) (UK) (Literary) (US Bejeweled) 飾以珠寶的；佩戴珠寶的 Wearing a lot of jewellery or decorated with precious stones.
// A bejewelled woman.
// A bejeweled crown.
Bejeweling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bejewel
Bejewelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bejewel
Bejewel (v. t.) 將……飾以珠寶 To ornament with a jewel or with jewels; to spangle. "Bejeweled hands." -- Thackeray.
Bejewel (v.) Adorn or decorate with precious stones; "jeweled dresses" [syn: {bejewel}, {jewel}].
Bejumble (v. t.) To jumble together.
Bekah (n.) [Heb.] Half a shekel.
Bekah (n.) Both the name and its explanation, "a half shekel," are given in Ex. 38:26. The word properly means a "division," a "part." (R.V., "beka.")
Beknave (v. t.) To call knave. [Obs.] -- Pope.
Beknow (v. t.) To confess; to acknowledge. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Bel (n.) The Babylonian name of the god known among the Hebrews as {Baal}. See {Baal}. -- Baruch vi. 41.
Bel (n.) A thorny rutaceous tree ({[AE]gle marmelos}) of India, and its aromatic, orange-like fruit; -- called also {Bengal quince}, {golden apple}, {wood apple}. The fruit is used medicinally, and the rind yields a perfume and a yellow dye.
Bel (n.) [From Alexander Graham Bell.] A unit of sound intensity equal to ten decibels.
Bel (n.) A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels [syn: {Bel}, {B}].
Bel (n.) Babylonian god of the earth; one of the supreme triad including Anu and Ea; earlier identified with En-lil.
Bel (n.) The Aramaic form of Baal, the national god of the Babylonians (Isa. 46:1; Jer. 50:2; 51:44). It signifies "lord." (See {BAAL}.)
Belabored (imp. & p. p.) of Belabor
Belaboring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Belabor
Belabor (v. t.) 毒打一頓；責罵； 就……作過度的說明；向……嘮叨；反覆研究（或討論） To ply diligently; to work carefully upon. "If the earth is belabored with culture, it yieldeth corn." -- Barrow.
Belabor (v. t.) To beat soundly; to cudgel.
Ajax belabors there a harmless ox. -- Dryden.
Belabor (v.) To work at or to absurd length; "belabor the obvious" [syn: {belabor}, {belabour}].
Belabor (v.) Attack verbally with harsh criticism; "She was belabored by her fellow students" [syn: {belabor}, {belabour}].
Belabor (v.) Beat soundly [syn: {belabour}, {belabor}].
Bel-accoyle (n.) A kind or favorable reception or salutation.
Belaced (imp. & p. p.) of Belace
Belace (v. t.) To fasten, as with a lace or cord. [Obs.]
Belace (v. t.) To cover or adorn with lace. [Obs.] -- Beaumont.
Belace (v. t.) To beat with a strap. See {Lace}. [Obs.] -- Wright.
Belam (v. t.) To beat or bang.
Belamour (n.) A lover. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Belamour (n.) A flower, but of what kind is unknown. [Obs.]
Her snowy brows, like budded belamours. -- Spenser.
Belamy (n.) Good friend; dear friend. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Belarus (Proper noun) 白俄羅斯共和國 A country in eastern Europe; population 9,500,000 (estimated 2015); capital, Minsk; official language, Belarusian.
Belarus became a republic of the former Soviet Union in 1921. It gained independence as a member of the Commonwealth of Independent States in 1991 but in 1996 signed a treaty with Russia that established a Community of Sovereign Republics. In 1999, Belarus signed another agreement with Russia for closer political and economic integration.
Belarusian (a.) (also Belorussian) 白俄羅斯的；白俄羅斯人的 Belonging to or relating to Belarus, its people, or its language.
Belated (imp. & p. p.) of Belate
Belating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Belate
Belate (v. t.) To retard or make too late. -- Davenant.
Belate (v. t.) (-ed/ -ing/ -s) (Archaic) To retard or make late : Delay.
Belated (a.) 誤期的；太遲的；過時的；陳舊的；遲來的 Delayed beyond the usual time; too late; overtaken by night; benighted. "Some belated peasant." -- Milton. -- {Be*lat"ed*ness}, n. --Milton.
Belated (a.) After the expected or usual time; delayed; "a belated birthday card"; "I'm late for the plane"; "the train is late"; "tardy children are sent to the principal"; "always tardy in making dental appointments" [syn: {belated}, {late}, {tardy}].