Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter B - Page 9
Bandana (n.) Bandanna （印度的）紮染印花大手帕 A species of silk or cotton handkerchief, having a uniformly dyed ground, usually of red or blue, with white or yellow figures of a circular, lozenge, or other simple form ; -- it is often used as a neckerchief. The term is also used for any large and brightly colored handkerchief.
Compare: Neckerchief
Neckerchief (n.) 圍巾；頸巾A square of cloth worn round the neck.
Compare: Handkerchief
Handkerchief (n.) [C] 手帕；圍巾；頸巾 A square of cotton or other finely woven material intended for wiping one's nose.
Bandana (n.) Hence: Any scarf worn on the neck or head, usually of large size.
Compare: Scarf
Scarf (n.) [C] 圍巾；披巾；頭巾；領巾；領帶 A length or square of fabric worn around the neck or head.
‘She tucked her woolly scarf around her neck.’
‘A silk scarf.’
Scarf (n.) A joint connecting two pieces of timber or metal in which the ends are bevelled or notched so that they fit over or into each other.
Scarf (n.) An incision made in the blubber of a whale.
Compare: Incision
Incision (n.) 切入，切開；切口；傷口；刻痕；【醫】切口；雕刻 A surgical cut made in skin or flesh.
‘An abdominal incision.’
Incision (n.) A mark or decoration cut into a surface.
‘A block of marble delicately decorated with incisions.’
Incision (n.) [Mass noun] The action or process of cutting into something.
‘The method is associated with less blood loss during incision.’
Scarf (v. t.) (v.) [With object] 圍（圍巾）；披（披巾）；用圍巾圍；用披巾披 Join the ends of (two pieces of timber or metal) by bevelling or notching them so that they fit over or into each other.
‘He forced me to scarf the keel timbers in watertight sections.’
‘The scarfing follows the natural grain of the wood.’
Scarf (v. t.) (v.) [With object] Make an incision in the blubber of (a whale).
Bandana (n.) A style of calico printing, in which white or bright spots are produced upon cloth previously dyed of a uniform red or dark color, by discharging portions of the color by chemical means, while the rest of the cloth is under pressure. -- Ure. bandanna
Bandana (n.) Large and brightly colored handkerchief; often used as a neckerchief [syn: bandanna, bandana].
Bandbox (n.) （放帽子等的）圓筒形硬紙盒，薄板箱 [C] A light box of pasteboard or thin wood, usually cylindrical, for holding ruffs (the bands of the 17th century), collars, caps, bonnets, etc.
Bandbox (n.) A light cylindrical box for holding light articles of attire (especially hats).
Bandeaux (n. pl. ) of Bandeau
Bandeau (n.) 細絲帶；束髮帶；寬緊調節帶；狹邊乳罩 A narrow band or fillet; a part of a head-dress. etc.
Around the edge of this cap was a stiff bandeau of leather. -- Sir W. Scott. Bandlet Bandelet.
Bandeau (n.) An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts [syn: brassiere, bra, bandeau].
Bandelet (n.) Alt. of Bandlet
Bandlet (n.) (Arch.) A small band or fillet; any little band or flat molding, compassing a column, like a ring , and usually at the top of the column; an annulet. -- Gwilt.
Compare: Annulet
Annulet (n.) (Architecture) 小環；輪狀環緣；【動】小節 A small fillet or band encircling a column.
Annulet (n.) (Heraldry) A charge in the form of a small ring.
Syn: annulet, bandelette, bandlet, square and rabbet.
Compare: Heraldry
Heraldry (n.) [Mass noun] 紋章學；（總稱）紋章；盛典 The system by which coats of arms and other armorial bearings are devised, described, and regulated.
‘The use of the rose in heraldry.’
Heraldry (n.) [Mass noun] Armorial bearings or other heraldic symbols.
‘The monument shows the heraldry of William Paget.’
Heraldry (n.) [Mass noun] Colourful ceremony.
‘All the pomp and heraldry provided a splendid pageant.’
Bandelet (n.) Molding in the form of a ring; at top of a column [syn: annulet, bandelet, bandelette, bandlet, square and rabbet].
Compare: Annulet
Annulet (n.) (Architecture) 小環；輪狀環緣；【動】小節 A small fillet or band encircling a column.
Annulet (n.) (Heraldry) A charge in the form of a small ring.
Bander (n.) 打捆機；箍工 One banded with others. [R.]
Banderole (n.) 小旗；風幡，燕尾旗 Alt. of Bandrol
Bandrol (n.) A little banner, flag, or streamer. [Written also bannerol.]
From the extremity of which fluttered a small banderole or streamer bearing a cross. -- Sir W. Scott.
Compare: Ribbon
Ribbon (n.) [Written also riband, ribband.] 緞帶；絲帶；飾帶 [U] [C]；帶；帶狀物 [C]；鋼捲尺；帶鋸；（打字機的）色帶 [C] A fillet or narrow woven fabric, commonly of silk, used for trimming some part of a woman's attire, for badges, and other decorative purposes.
Ribbon (n.) A narrow strip or shred; as, a steel or magnesium ribbon; sails torn to ribbons.
Ribbon (n.) (Shipbuilding) Same as Rib-band.
Ribbon (n.) (pl.) Driving reins. [Cant] -- London Athenaeum.
Ribbon (n.) (Her.) A bearing similar to the bend, but only one eighth as wide.
Ribbon (n.) (Spinning) A silver.
Note: The blue ribbon, and The red ribbon, are phrases often used to designate the British orders of the Garter and of the Bath, respectively, the badges of which are suspended by ribbons of these colors. See Blue ribbon, under Blue.
Ribbon fish. (Zool.) Any elongated, compressed, ribbon-shaped marine fish of the family Trachypteridae, especially the species of the genus Trachypterus, and the oarfish ({Regelecus Banksii) of the North Atlantic, which is sometimes over twenty feet long.
Ribbon fish. (Zool.) The hairtail, or bladefish.
Ribbon fish. (Zool.) A small compressed marine fish of the genus Cepola, having a long, slender, tapering tail. The European species ({Cepola rubescens) is light red throughout. Called also Band fish.
Ribbon grass (Bot.), A variety of reed canary grass having the leaves stripped with green and white; -- called also Lady's garters. See Reed grass, under Reed.
Ribbon seal (Zool.), A North Pacific seal ({Histriophoca fasciata). The adult male is dark brown, conspicuously
banded and striped with yellowish white.
Ribbon snake (Zool.), A common North American snake ({Eutainia saurita). It is conspicuously striped with bright yellow and dark brown.
Ribbon Society, A society in Ireland, founded in the early part of the 19th century in antagonism to the Orangemen. It afterwards became an organization of tennant farmers banded together to prevent eviction by landlords. It took its name from the green ribbon worn by members as a badge.
Ribborn worm. (Zool.) A tapeworm.
Ribborn worm. (Zool.) A nemertean.
Ribbon (v. t.) [imp. & p. p. Ribboned; p. pr. & vb. n. Ribboning.] 用緞帶裝飾；把……撕成條帶（或碎片） To adorn with, or as with, ribbons; to mark with stripes resembling ribbons.
Ribbon (n.) Any long object resembling a thin line; "a mere ribbon of land"; "the lighted ribbon of traffic"; "from the air the road was a grey thread"; "a thread of smoke climbed upward" [syn: ribbon, thread].
Ribbon (n.) An award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event [syn: decoration, laurel wreath, medal, medallion, palm, ribbon].
Ribbon (n.) A long strip of inked material for making characters on paper with a typewriter [syn: ribbon, typewriter ribbon].
Ribbon (n.) Notion consisting of a narrow strip of fine material used for Trimming.
Band fish (n.) (Zool.) A small red fish of the genus Cepola; the ribbon fish.
Bandicoot (n.) (Zool.) A species of very large rat ({Mus giganteus), found in India and Ceylon. It does much injury to rice fields and gardens.
Bandicoot (n.) 【動】 澳洲袋狸；鬼鼠（產於印度和斯里蘭卡） A ratlike marsupial animal (genus Perameles) of several species, found in Australia and Tasmania.
Bandicoot (n.) Any of various agile ratlike terrestrial marsupials of Australia and adjacent islands; insectivorous and herbivorous.
Banding plane (n.) 帶槽鉋；線腳鉋 A plane used for cutting out grooves and inlaying strings and bands in straight and circular work.
Bandits (n. pl. ) of Bandit
Banditti (n. pl. ) of Bandit
Bandit (n.) [C] 強盜，土匪；惡棍，歹徒；敲詐者 An outlaw; a brigand.
No savage fierce, bandit, or mountaineer. -- Milton.
Note: The plural banditti was formerly used as a collective noun.
Deerstealers are ever a desperate banditti. -- Sir W. Scott.
Bandit (n.) An armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band [syn: bandit, brigand].
Bandle (n.) An Irish measure of two feet in length.
Bandlet (n.) Same as Bandelet.
Bandelet, Bandlet, bandelette (n.) [F. bandelette, dim. of bande. See Band, n., and cf. Bendlet.] (Arch.) A small band or fillet; any little band or flat molding, compassing a column, like a ring, and usually at the top of the column; an annulet. -- Gwilt.
Syn: annulet, bandelette, bandlet, square and rabbet.
Bandlet (n.) Molding in the form of a ring; at top of a column [syn: annulet, bandelet, bandelette, bandlet, square and rabbet].
Bandmaster (n.) 樂隊隊長；指揮 The conductor of a musical band.
Bandmaster (n.) The conductor of a band.
Bandog (n.) （通常指用鏈鎖住的）猛犬，門犬；雜種狗 A mastiff or other large and fierce dog, usually kept chained or tied up.
The keeper entered leading his bandog, a large bloodhound, tied in a leam, or band, from which he takes his name. -- Sir W. Scott. Bandoleer
Bandoller (n.) Alt. of Bandolier
Bandolier (n.) A broad leather belt formerly worn by soldiers over the right shoulder and across the breast under the left arm. Originally it was used for supporting the musket and twelve cases for charges, but later only as a cartridge belt.
Bandolier (n.) One of the leather or wooden cases in which the charges of powder were carried. [Obs.]
Bandolier (n.) A broad cartridge belt worn over the shoulder by soldiers [syn: bandoleer, bandolier].
Bandoleer (n.) 斜佩肩上的子彈帶 A broad cartridge belt worn over the shoulder by soldiers [syn: bandoleer, bandolier].
Bandoline (n.) 髮油的一種 A glutinous pomatum for the hair.
Compare: Glutinous
Glutinous (a.) 黏的，黏稠的；黏著性的 Like glue in texture; sticky.
‘Glutinous mud.’
Compare: Pomatum
Pomatum (n.) 潤髮油，潤髮脂 (n. & v.)‘Early wigs were made of black horsehair, dressed daily with powder and a scented ointment called pomatum, which had ruinous effects on the wearer's clothes.’ Old-fashioned term for Pomade.
‘In 1767 the author of a letter to the editor of the New York Journal bemoaned the fashion that led women to double the size of their heads with the use of pomatum and artificial pads.’
Compare: Pomade
Pomade (n.) [Mass noun] 頭油；髮油 A scented ointment or oil for dressing the hair.
Pomade (v. t.) [With object] (Often as adjective pomaded) 在……塗髮油 Apply pomade to.
‘A perfumed and pomaded man.’
Bandoline (n.) A mucilaginous preparation made from quince seeds and used for smoothing, glossing, or waving the hair.
Compare: Mucilaginous
Mucilaginous (a.)
黏的；黏液的Having a viscous or gelatinous consistency.‘A mucilaginous paste.’
‘Greasy and mucilaginous foods.’
Mucilaginous (a.) (Of a plant, seed, etc.) Containing a polysaccharide substance that is extracted as a viscous or gelatinous solution and used in medicines and adhesives.
‘The young leaves are tender and mucilaginous.’
Bandon (n.) Disposal; control; license. [Obs.] -- Rom. of R.
Bandon, OR -- U.S. city in Oregon
Population (2000): 2833
Housing Units (2000): 1535
Land area (2000): 2.751991 sq. miles (7.127624 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.343789 sq. miles (0.890410 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.095780 sq. miles (8.018034 sq. km)
FIPS code: 03800
Located within: Oregon (OR), FIPS 41
Location: 43.118976 N, 124.411993 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 97411
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Bandon, OR
Bandon
Bandore (n.) 三弦琴 A musical stringed instrument, similar in form to a guitar; a pandore. It is now obsolete, but see {bandura}.
Bandore (Instrument) (n.) The bandora or bandore [1] is a large long-necked plucked string-instrument that can be regarded as a bass cittern though it does not have the re-entrant tuning typical of the cittern. Probably first built by John Rose in England around 1560, it remained popular for over a century. [2] A somewhat smaller version was the orpharion.
The bandora is frequently one of the two bass instruments in a broken consort as associated with the works of Thomas Morley, and it is also a solo instrument in its own right. Anthony Holborne wrote many pieces for solo bandora. The multiple lute settings of Pacoloni appear both with and without optional wire-strung instruments.
Banderole (n.) 小旗；風幡，燕尾旗A little banner, flag, or streamer. [Written also {bannerol}.]
From the extremity of which fluttered a small banderole or streamer bearing a cross. -- Sir W. Scott.
Bandrol (n.) Same as {Banderole}.
Bandy (v. i.) To content, as at some game in which each strives to drive the ball his own way.
Fit to bandy with thy lawless sons. -- Shak.
Bandy (a.) Bent; crooked; curved laterally, esp. with the convex side outward; as, a bandy leg.
Bandy (n.) A carriage or cart used in India, esp. one drawn by bullocks.
Bandies (n. pl. ) of Bandy
Bandy (n.) A club bent at the lower part for striking a ball at play; a hockey stick. -- Johnson.
Bandy (n.) 早期曲棍球 The game played with such a club; hockey; shinney; bandy ball.
Bandied (imp. & p. p.) of Bandy
Bandwagon (n.) [ C usually singular ] 流行，浪潮，時尚 An activity, group, movement, etc. that has become successful or fashionable and so attracts many new people.
// A bandwagon effect.
Bandying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bandy
Bandy (v. t.) To beat to and fro, as a ball in playing at bandy.
Like tennis balls bandied and struck upon us . . . by rackets from without. -- Cudworth.
Bandy (v. t.) To give and receive reciprocally; to exchange. "To bandy hasty words." -- Shak.
Bandy (v. t.) 相互投擲；來回傳遞；（尤指惡意的）議論 To toss about, as from person to person; to circulate freely in a light manner; -- of ideas, facts, rumors, etc.
Let not obvious and known truth be bandied about in a disputation. -- I. Watts.
Bandy (a.) Have legs that curve outward at the knees [syn: bandy, bandy-legged, bowed, bowleg, bowlegged].
Bandy (v.) Toss or strike a ball back and forth.
Bandy (v.) Exchange blows.
Bandy (v.) Discuss lightly; "We bandied around these difficult questions" [syn: bandy, kick around].
Bandy-legged (a.) Having crooked legs.
Bandy-legged (a.) Have legs that curve outward at the knees [syn: bandy, bandy-legged, bowed, bowleg, bowlegged].
Bane (n.) 剋星，禍根 [the S]；【文】災害；毀滅；死亡 [U]；【古】毒藥，毒物（用於複合詞，如 ratsbane）[U] That which destroys life, esp. poison of a deadly quality. [Obs. except in combination, as in ratsbane, henbane, etc.]
Compare: Ratsbane
Ratsbane (n.) [Mass noun] [Archaic] 殺鼠藥 Rat poison.
Bane (n.) Destruction; death. [Obs.]
The cup of deception spiced and tempered to their bane. -- Milton.
Bane (n.) Any cause of ruin, or lasting injury; harm; woe.
Money, thou bane of bliss, and source of woe. -- Herbert.
Bane (n.) A disease in sheep, commonly termed the rot.
Syn: Poison; ruin; destruction; injury; pest.
Bane (v. t.) To be the bane of; to ruin. [Obs.] -- Fuller.
Bane (n.) Something causing misery or death; "the bane of my life" [syn: bane, curse, scourge, nemesis].
Baneberry (n.) (Bot.) 【植】類葉升麻；類葉升麻的漿果 A genus (Act[ae]a) of plants, of the order Ranunculace[ae], native in the north temperate zone. The red or white berries are poisonous.
Baneberry (n.) A poisonous berry of a plant of the genus Actaea.
Baneberry (n.) A plant of the genus Actaea having acrid poisonous berries [syn: baneberry, cohosh, herb Christopher].
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) :
Baneberry, TN -- U.S. city in Tennessee
Population (2000): 366
Housing Units (2000): 186
Land area (2000): 1.805147 sq. miles (4.675308 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000905 sq. miles (0.002345 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.806052 sq. miles (4.677653 sq. km)
FIPS code: 03078
Located within: Tennessee (TN), FIPS 47
Location: 36.045912 N, 83.275804 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 37890
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Baneberry, TN
Baneberry
Baneful (a.) 有害的；有毒的 Having poisonous qualities; deadly; destructive; injurious; noxious; pernicious. "Baneful hemlock." -- Garth. "Baneful wrath." -- Chapman.
Bane"ful*ly,+adv.+--{Bane"ful*ness"> -- Bane"ful*ly, adv. --{Bane"ful*ness, n.
Baneful (a.) Exceedingly harmful [syn: baneful, deadly, pernicious, pestilent].
Compare: Exceedingly
Exceedingly (adv.) 非常地；極度地 [As submodifier] Extremely.
‘The team played exceedingly well.’
Exceedingly (adv.) [Archaic] To a great extent.
‘The supply multiplied exceedingly.’
Baneful (a.) Deadly or sinister; "the Florida eagles have a fierce baleful look" [syn: baleful, baneful].
Compare: Sinister
Sinister (a.) 惡意的，陰險的，邪惡的；凶兆的，不祥的；不幸的，災難性的 Giving the impression that something harmful or evil is happening or will happen.
‘There was something sinister about that murmuring voice.’
Sinister (a.) Evil or criminal.
‘There might be a more sinister motive behind the government's actions.’
Sinister (a.) [Heraldry ] [Archaic] [A ttributive ] Of, on, or towards the left-hand side (in a coat of arms, from the bearer's point of view, i.e. the right as it is depicted).
The opposite of Dexter.
Banewort (n.) (Bot.) Deadly nightshade.
Compare: Deadly nightshade
Deadly nightshade (n.) [C or U] (Also Belladonna) 顛茄（一種有毒的植物，結黑而亮的小果，見於歐洲、北非和西亞） A very poisonous with small. Black, shiny fruits, that grows in Europe, North Africa, and Western Asia.
Banged (imp. & p. p.) of Bang
Banging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bang
Bang (v. t.) 砰地敲（或推，扔）；猛擊，猛撞；撞傷 [（+on/ against）] To beat, as with a club or cudgel; to treat with violence; to handle roughly.
The desperate tempest hath so banged the Turks. -- Shak.
Bang (v. t.) To beat or thump, or to cause ( something) to hit or strike against another object, in such a way as to make a loud noise; as, to bang a drum or a piano; to bang a door (against the doorpost or casing) in shutting it.
Bang (v. t.) To have sexual intercourse with; to fuck; -- usually used with the male as a subject. Considered vulgar or obscene. [vulgar slang].
Bang (v. i.) 發出砰的一聲；砰砰作響；（砰砰）猛擊，猛撞 [Q] [（+at/ on/ against/ into）] To make a loud noise, as if with a blow or succession of blows; as, the window blind banged and waked me; he was banging on the piano.
Bang (v. i.) To have sexual intercourse; to fuck. Considered vulgar and obscene. [vulgar slang].
Bang (n.) A blow as with a club; a heavy blow.
Bang (n.) The loud sound produced by a sudden concussion or explosion.
Bang (n.) A surge of pleasure; a thrill; -- usually used in the phrase get a bang out of; as, I always get a bang out of watching an ice skater do a quadruple jump. [informal].
Syn: kick [5].
Bang (n.) (Printing & Computers) An exclamation point; -- used in verbal descriptions of text, in printing and in computer technology; as, his email address is tom bang stanford dot edu (i.e. tom!stanford.edu). [slang].
Bang (n.) An instance of sexual intercourse; a fuck. Considered vulgar and obscene. [vulgar slang].
Bang (v. t.) To cut squarely across, as the tail of a hors, or the forelock of human beings; to cut (the hair).
His hair banged even with his eyebrows. -- The Century Mag.
Bang (n.) The short, front hair combed down over the forehead, esp. when cut squarely across; a false front of hair similarly worn; -- usually used in the plural; as, her bangs came down almost to her eyes.
His hair cut in front like a young lady's bang. -- W. D. Howells.
Bang (n.) Alt. of Bangue
Bangalore (n.) Officially known as Bengaluru [14], 邦加羅爾，是印度卡納塔克邦的首府，全國第三大城市。邦加羅爾都會區人口約850萬，為印度第5大都會區。邦加羅爾位於印度南部的德干高原，海拔超過三千英尺。
邦加羅爾區域曾隸屬於古印度的西恆伽王朝、朱羅王朝與曷薩拉王朝，其後的毗奢耶那伽羅王朝封建地主Kempe Gowda在西元1537年正式建都並取名 (卡納達語) 班加魯魯 (Bengaluru)，Kempe Gowda 在此建立一座土城，其四周漸漸發展出商業市集，其後的都市與道路皆以此為軸心向外擴張。
1638年， 印度教王朝馬拉地帝國佔領並統治邦加羅爾，半世紀後蒙古民族的蒙兀兒帝國佔據其地，又將其轉售予毗奢耶那伽羅王朝下屬的邁索爾王國。十八世紀末，在英國於 第四盎格魯邁索爾戰役取得勝利後，邦加羅爾也一併被英國東印度公司佔領，原先隸屬於邁索爾王國底下的諸侯傾向英國占領者，並得到了邦加羅爾城的行政控制 權，名義上為英屬印度政權底下的自治區。1947年印度脫離英國統治短暫地成立印度自治領，邦加羅爾成為邁索爾邦(今日卡納塔克邦前身)首都，並在印度共和國建立後維持其卡納塔克邦首都的地位。邦加羅爾市於2006年正名為卡納達語的「班加魯魯」。
自印度獨立以後，邦加羅爾發展成重工業（印度太空研究組織等）的中心。近10年來，高科技公司在邦加羅爾的成功建立使其成為印度資訊科技的中心，俗稱「印度的矽谷」；由於邦加羅爾是印度首屈一指的IT產業重鎮，地位與台灣新竹科學園區、北京市中關村、江蘇崑山相近。邦加羅爾的資訊科技公司任用印度電腦工程師的30%左右。另外邦加羅爾與美國矽谷的時差將近半天，故可與美國IT產業進行接力工作：當美國矽谷的廠商下班後，可將技術文件及相關資料傳到邦加羅爾的廠商接力製作，過了半天等印度廠商下班後，即可上傳回矽谷的廠商繼續製作。
Is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of over ten million, [8] making it a megacity and the third most populous city and fifth most populous urban agglomeration in India. [15] It is located in southern India on the Deccan Plateau. Its elevation is over 900 m (3,000 ft) above sea level, the highest of India's major cities. [16]
A succession of South Indian dynasties, the Western Gangas, the Cholas and the Hoysalas, ruled the present region of Bangalore until in 1537 CE, Kempé Gowdā – a feudal ruler under the Vijayanagara Empire – established a mud fort considered to be the foundation of modern Bangalore. In 1638, the Marāthās conquered and ruled Bangalore for almost 50 years, after which the Mughals captured and sold the city to the Mysore Kingdom of the Wadiyar dynasty. It was captured by the British after victory in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War (1799), who returned administrative control of the city to the Maharaja of Mysore. The old city developed in the dominions of the Maharaja of Mysore and was made capital of the Princely State of Mysore, which existed as a nominally sovereign entity of the British Raj.
In 1809, the British shifted their cantonment to Bangalore, outside the old city, and a town grew up around it, which was governed as part of British India. Following India's independence in 1947, Bangalore became the capital of Mysore State, and remained capital when the new Indian state of Karnataka was formed in 1956. The two urban settlements of Bangalore – city and cantonment – which had developed as independent entities merged into a single urban centre in 1949. The existing Kannada name, Bengalūru, was declared the official name of the city in 2006.
Bangalore is sometimes referred to as the "Silicon Valley of India" (or "IT capital of India") because of its role as the nation's leading information technology (IT) exporter. [1] [17] [18] Indian technological organisations ISRO, Infosys, Wipro and HAL are headquartered in the city. A demographically diverse city, Bangalore is the second fastest-growing major metropolis in India. [19] It is home to many educational and research institutions in India, such as Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Indian Institute of Management (Bangalore) (IIMB), National Institute of Fashion Technology, Bangalore, National Institute of Design, Bangalore (NID R&D Campus), National Law School of India University (NLSIU) and National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS). Numerous state-owned aerospace and defence organisations, such as Bharat Electronics, Hindustan Aeronautics and National Aerospace Laboratories are located in the city. The city also houses the Kannada film industry.
Bangue (n.) See Bhang.
Banging (a.) Huge; great in size. [Colloq.] -- Forby.
Banging (a.) (Used informally) Very large; "a thumping loss" [syn: humongous, banging, thumping, whopping, walloping].
Banging (n.) A continuing very loud noise.
Banging (n.) The act of subjecting to strong attack [syn: battering, banging].
Bangladesh (n.) 孟加拉人民共和國，簡稱孟加拉或孟加拉國，南亞國家，位於孟加拉灣之北，毗鄰尼泊爾、不丹以及中國，卻不接壤；東南山區一小部份與緬甸為鄰，其他部份都與印度接壤。位於孟加拉灣的海域面積大致等同於陸地面積。[8]
第一大城市是首都達卡，第二大城市吉大港市同時是該國最大的港口。
("The country of Bengal"), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh , is a country in South Asia. It shares land borders with India and Myanmar (Burma). Nepal, Bhutan and China are located near Bangladesh but do not share a border with it. The country's maritime territory in the Bay of Bengal is roughly equal to the size of its land area. [12] Bangladesh is the world's eighth most populous country. Dhaka is its capital and largest city, followed by Chittagong, which has the country's largest port. Bangladesh forms the largest and easternmost part of the Bengal region. [13] Bangladesh is include people from a range of ethnic groups and religions. Bengalis, who speak the official Bengali language, make up 98% of the population. [2] [3] The politically dominant Bengali Muslims make the nation the world's third largest Muslim-majority country.
Most of Bangladesh is covered by the Bengal delta, the largest delta on Earth. The country has 700 rivers and 8,046 km (5,000 miles) of inland waterways. Highlands with evergreen forests are found in the northeastern and southeastern regions of the country. Bangladesh has many islands and a coral reef. The longest unbroken sea beach, Cox's Bazar Beach is located here. It is home to the Sundarbans, the largest mangrove forest in the world. The country's biodiversity includes a vast array of plant and wildlife, including endangered Bengal tigers, the national animal.
The Greeks and Romans identified the region as Gangaridai, a powerful kingdom of the historical subcontinent, in the 3rd century BCE. Archaeological research has unearthed several ancient cities in Bangladesh, which enjoyed international trade links for millennia. [14] The Bengal Sultanate and Mughal Bengal transformed the region into a cosmopolitan Islamic imperial power between the 14th and 18th centuries. The region was home to many principalities that made use of their inland naval prowess. [15] [16] It was also a notable center of the global muslin and silk trade. As part of British India, the region was influenced by the Bengali renaissance and played an important role in anti-colonial movements. Partition of British India made East Bengal a part of the Dominion of Pakistan; and renamed it as East Pakistan. The region witnessed the Bengali Language Movement in 1952 and the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971. [17] After independence was achieved, a parliamentary republic was established. A presidential government was in place between 1975 and 1990, followed by a return to parliamentary democracy. The country continues to face challenges in the areas of poverty, education, healthcare and corruption.
Bangladesh is a middle power and a developing nation. Listed as one of the Next Eleven, its economy ranks 46th in terms of nominal gross domestic product (GDP) and 29th in terms of purchasing power parity (PPP). It is one of the largest textile exporters in the world. Its major trading partners are the European Union, the United States, China, India, Japan, Malaysia and Singapore. With its strategically vital location between Southern, Eastern and Southeast Asia, Bangladesh is an important promoter of regional connectivity and cooperation. It is a founding member of SAARC, BIMSTEC, the Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar Forum for Regional Cooperation and the Bangladesh Bhutan India Nepal Initiative. It is also a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, the Developing 8 Countries, the OIC, the Non Aligned Movement, the Group of 77 and the World Trade Organization. Bangladesh is one of the largest contributors to United Nations peacekeeping forces.
Bangle (v. t.) To waste by little and little; to fritter away. [Obs.]
Bangle (n.) 手鐲；腳鐲 An ornamental circlet, of glass, gold, silver, or other material, worn mostly by women, upon the wrist or ankle; a ring bracelet. It differs from other bracelets in being rigid and not articulated, in contrast to bracelets made of links.
Bangle ear, A loose hanging ear of a horse, like that of a spaniel.
Bangle (n.) Jewelry worn around the wrist for decoration [syn: bracelet, bangle].
Bangle (n.) Cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing [syn: bangle, bauble, gaud, gewgaw, novelty, fallal, trinket].
Banian (n.) A Hindu trader, merchant, cashier, or money changer. [Written also banyan.]
Banian (n.) （印度的）寬鬆襯衫或上衣 A man's loose gown, like that worn by the Banians.
Banian (n.) (Bot.) The Indian fig. See Banyan.
Banian days (Naut.), Days in which the sailors have no flesh meat served out to them. This use seems to be borrowed from the Banians or Banya race, who eat no flesh.
Banian (n.) 【植】菩提樹 East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks [syn: banyan, banyan tree, banian, banian tree, Indian banyan, East Indian fig tree, Ficus bengalensis].
Banian (n.) A loose fitting jacket; originally worn in India [syn: banyan, banian].
Banished (imp. & p. p.) of Banish
Banishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Banish
Banish (v. t.) 流放，放逐 [（+from）]；消除，排除 [（+from）] To condemn to exile, or compel to leave one's country, by authority of the ruling power. "We banish you our territories." -- Shak.
Banish (v. t.) To drive out, as from a home or familiar place; -- used with from and out of.
How the ancient Celtic tongue came to be banished from the Low Countries in Scotland. -- Blair.
Banish (v. t.) To drive away; to compel to depart; to dispel. "Banish all offense." -- Shak.
Syn: To Banish, Exile, Expel.
Usage: The idea of a coercive removal from a place is common to these terms. A man is banished when he is forced by the government of a country (be he a foreigner or a native) to leave its borders. A man is exiled when he is driven into banishment from his native country and home. Thus to exile is to banish, but to banish is not always to exile. To expel is to eject or banish summarily or authoritatively, and usually under circumstances of disgrace; as, to expel from a college; expelled from decent society.
Banish (v.) Expel from a community or group [syn: banish, ban, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackball].
Banish (v.) Ban from a place of residence, as for punishment [syn: banish, ban].
Banish (v.) Expel, as if by official decree; "he was banished from his own country" [syn: banish, relegate, bar].
Banish (v.) Drive away; "banish bad thoughts"; "banish gloom".
Banisher (n.) One who banishes.
Banisher (n.) Someone who or something which banishes.
Banishment (n.) [U] 放逐，流放；驅逐；開除，趕走 The act of banishing, or the state of being banished.
He secured himself by the banishment of his enemies. -- Johnson.
Round the wide world in banishment we roam. -- Dryden.
Syn: Expatriation; ostracism; expulsion; proscription; exile; outlawry.
Banishment (n.) The state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent); "the association should get rid of its elderly members--not by euthanasia, of course, but by Coventry" [syn: banishment, ostracism, Coventry].
Banishment (n.) Rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone [syn: banishment, proscription].
Banister (n.) [A corruption of baluster.] A baluster.
Banister (n.) (Sing. or pl.) （常複數）欄杆 The balustrade of a staircase. Formerly used in this sense mostly in the plural, now mostly in the singular. [Also spelled bannister.].
He struggled to ascend the pulpit stairs, holding hard on the banisters. -- Sir W. Scott.
Compare: Baluster
Baluster (n.) 欄杆；扶手 A short decorative pillar forming part of a series supporting a rail or coping.
Baluster (n.) [As modifier] (Of a furniture leg or other decorative item) Having the form of a baluster.
‘Baluster legs in English oak.’
Banister (n.) A railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling [syn: bannister, banister, balustrade, balusters, handrail].
Banister (n.) A stringed musical instrument having a head and neck like the guitar, and its body like a tambourine. It has five strings, and is played with the fingers and hands.
Banister (n.) Also banisters [ plural ] （常複數）（樓梯的）欄杆 The row of posts at the side of stairs and the wooden or metal bar on top of them.
Compare: Balustrade
Balustrade (n.) 欄杆，扶手 [C ] A railing supported by balusters, especially one forming an ornamental parapet to a balcony, bridge, or terrace.
Bank (n.) [C] 堤；岸；田埂 A mound, pile, or ridge of earth, raised above the surrounding level; hence, anything shaped like a mound or ridge of earth; as, a bank of clouds; a bank of snow.
Bank (n.) A steep acclivity, as the slope of a hill, or the side of a ravine.
Bank (n.) The margin of a watercourse; the rising ground bordering a lake, river, or sea, or forming the edge of a cutting, or other hollow.
Bank (n.) An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea; a shoal, shelf, or shallow; as, the banks of Newfoundland.
Bank (n.) The face of the coal at which miners are working.
Bank (n.) A deposit of ore or coal, worked by excavations above water level.
Bank (n.) The ground at the top of a shaft; as, ores are brought to bank.
Banked (imp. & p. p.) of Bank
Banking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bank
Bank (v. t.) 築堤防護 [（+up）]；把……堆積起來 [（+up）] To raise a mound or dike about; to inclose, defend, or fortify with a bank; to embank.
Bank (v. t.) To heap or pile up; as, to bank sand.
Bank (v. t.) To pass by the banks of.
Bank (n.) A bench, as for rowers in a galley; also, a tier of oars.
Bank (n.) The bench or seat upon which the judges sit.
Bank (n.) The regular term of a court of law, or the full court sitting to hear arguments upon questions of law, as distinguished from a sitting at Nisi Prius, or a court held for jury trials. See Banc.
Bank (n.) A sort of table used by printers.
Bank (n.) A bench, or row of keys belonging to a keyboard, as in an organ.
Bank (n.) An establishment for the custody, loan, exchange, or issue, of money, and for facilitating the transmission of funds by drafts or bills of exchange; an institution incorporated for performing one or more of such functions, or the stockholders (or their representatives, the directors), acting in their corporate capacity.
Bank (n.) [C] 銀行 The building or office used for banking purposes.
Bank (n.) A fund from deposits or contributions, to be used in transacting business; a joint stock or capital.
Bank (n.) The sum of money or the checks which the dealer or banker has as a fund, from which to draw his stakes and pay his losses.
Bank (n.) In certain games, as dominos, a fund of pieces from which the players are allowed to draw.
Bank (v. t.) 存（款）於銀行 To deposit in a bank.
Bank (v. i.) 堆積 [（+up）]；（飛機，汽車等）帶坡度轉彎；存款（於固定的銀行）；（和……銀行）往來 [（+at/ with）] To keep a bank; to carry on the business of a banker.
Bank (v. i.) To deposit money in a bank; to have an account with a banker.
Bankable (a.) 可做銀行擔保的；（演員、導演等）叫座的；有票房的 Receivable at a bank.
Bankable (a.) Guaranteed to bring a profit; "without bankable stars the film script aroused no interest".
Bankable (a.) Acceptable to or at a bank; "bankable funds".
Bank bill () In America (and formerly in England), a promissory note of a bank payable to the bearer on demand, and used as currency; a bank note.