burden
- IPA[ˈbərd(ə)n]
美式
- a load, typically a heavy one.；a duty or misfortune that causes hardship, anxiety, or grief; a nuisance
- load heavily；cause (someone) hardship or distress
noun: burden, plural noun: burdens
- 釋義
- 片語
名詞
- 1. a load, typically a heavy one. 同義詞
- ▪ a duty or misfortune that causes hardship, anxiety, or grief; a nuisance the burden of long-term illness 同義詞
- ▪ the main responsibility for achieving a specified aim or task the burden of establishing that the cost was unreasonable
- ▪ a ship's carrying capacity; tonnage the schooner Wyoming, of about 6,000 tons burden
- 2. the main theme or gist of a speech, book, or argument the burden of his views 同義詞
- 3. archaic the refrain or chorus of a song.
動詞
- 1. load heavily she walked forward burdened with a wooden box 同義詞
- ▪ cause (someone) hardship or distress they were not yet burdened with adult responsibility 同義詞
