beard

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beard1 /bɪəd $ bɪrd/ S3 noun [countableC]

1. DCBhair that grows around a man’s chin and cheeks 胡须，髯 → moustache

2. HBAsomething similar to a beard, such as hair growing on an animal’s chin 须状物〔如动物的颔毛等〕

—bearded adjectiveadj

Examples from the Corpus

beard• Beyond the great sweep of blue trouser and the distant clouds of sweater was a beard.• Certainly with his long, jet-black, forked beard, he looked the part.• Models sported immaculate centre-parted shoulder-length hair and the beginnings of goatee beards.• But his beard seems to belong to another man and another time.• Gyggle steepled his freckled fingers and tucked them under a tier of the beard.• Some of their fathers wore beards.

beard2 verb [transitiveT]

beard somebody (in their den) TELLto go and see someone who has influence or authority, and tell them what you want, why you disagree with them etc 摸老虎屁股，老虎头上拍苍蝇，太岁头上动土〔指敢于当面责问有权势者〕

Examples from the Corpus

beard somebody (in their den)• He is soft-spoken, bearded, with a friendly smile and an ability to laugh at himself.• He was an awe-inspiring sight, his beard jutting out fiercely and his brow knotted in anger.• It was an older man, with a beard.• Often he would shave it off, but the next day he would have a beard just the same.• Protest music made by men with beards for people with fuzzy minds and books in the glove compartments of their Morris Travellers.• Some of their fathers wore beards.• The provodnik, my jailer, showed a young bearded man into my compartment.• With his grizzled beard and his peg-leg he looked like an extra from Treasure Island.

Examples from the Corpus

beard• When a barrister comes to address your University or College law society, you can beard him on the subject.

Origin beard

Old English

beard1 nounbeard2 verb

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