early 14c., from Old Norse bolr "tree trunk," from Proto-Germanic *bulas (cognates: Middle Dutch bolle "trunk of a tree"), from PIE *bhel- (2) "to blow, inflate, swell" (cognates: Greek phyllon "leaf," phallos "swollen penis;" Latin flos "flower," florere "to blossom, flourish," folium "leaf;" Old Prussian balsinis "cushion;" Old Norse belgr "bag, bellows;" Old English bolla "pot, cup, bowl;" Old Irish bolgaim "I swell," blath "blossom, flower," bolach "pimple," bolg "bag;" Breton bolc'h "flax pod;" Serbian buljiti "to stare, be bug-eyed;" Serbo-Croatian blazina "pillow").
雙語例句
1. A climber goes up the bole, attaches the rope near the top.
攀登者達到樹干, 把繩子拴到在靠近頂端處.
來自辭典例句
2. The detonator must be correctly fed into the drill bole during charging work.
在裝藥工作中,雷管必須正確地放進炮眼.
來自辭典例句
3. Raging fire perform bole in legend in some parks!