bark vi. 1.(狗等)吠,叫;(槍等)響。 2.咆哮,怒吼。 3.〔美口〕喀喀地咳嗽。 vt. 1.大聲喊出,吼叫出。 2.大聲叫賣。 n. 1.犬吠聲。 2.槍聲。 3.咳嗽聲。 His bark is worse than his bite. 他嘴壞心不壞。 barking irons 〔美俚〕手槍。 bark at 吠,咬。 bark at the moon 白嚷,空嚷,徒勞。 bark away [back] 喝走[叫回]。 bark up the wrong tree 〔美口〕認錯目標,弄錯,看錯。 Go bark up another tree! 〔美口〕少管閑事,用不著你操心。 n. 1.莖皮,樹皮;規那皮;鞣酸皮。 2.〔俚語〕皮膚。 vt. 1.剝(樹皮)。 2.用(樹皮)蓋(屋頂);用樹皮鞣(革)。 3.擦破(膝蓋等處的)皮。 between the bark and the wood 雙方無得失[損益]。 come [go] between the bark and the tree 管閑事。 stick in [to] the bark 〔美口〕不過分干預[接近]。 talk the bark off a tree 〔美口〕大嚷。 tighter than the bark on a tree 〔美口〕極吝嗇的。 with the bark on 〔美口〕粗魯(a man with the bark on 粗魯的人)。 bark3 barque n. 1.三桅帆船。 2.〔詩〕帆船,小船。
The glamour of inexperience is over your eyes , he answered ; and you see it through a charmed medium : you cannot discern that the gilding is slime and the silk draperies cobwebs ; that the marble is sordid slate , and the polished woods mere refuse chips and scaly bark “你是用著了魔的眼光來看它的,你看不出鍍的金是粘土絲綢帳幔是蛛網大理石是污穢的石板上光的木器不過是廢木屑和爛樹皮。