Tra từ bear - Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary

bear UK [beə r ] US [ber] verb [ bore ], [ borne ] or [US ALSO born ] [ bore borne bears bearing ]

ACCEPT

1. <I > transitive to accept, tolerate or endure especially something unpleasant
• The strain must have been enormous but she bore it well.
• Tell me now! I can't bear the suspense!
• It's your decision - you must bear the responsibility if things go wrong.
• + to infinitive He couldn't bear to see the dog in pain.
• + -ing verb I can't bear being bored.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Tolerating and enduring ↑Coping and not coping ↑Dealing with things or people
2. not bear thinking about
to be too unpleasant or frightening to think about
• "What if she'd been travelling any faster?" "It doesn't bear thinking about."
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Serious and unpleasant ↑Not attractive to look at ↑Informal words for bad

• I can't bear this stifling humidity.
• I can't bear it when someone starts ramming their views down your throat.
• "I can't bear to see good victuals wasted, " said Martha.
• My mother couldn't bear waste - she always made us eat everything on our plates.
• I put my hands over my eyes because I couldn't bear to watch.

KEEP

3. <A > transitive to have or continue to have something
• Their baby bears a strong resemblance/an uncanny likeness to its grandfather.
• The stone plaque bearing his name was smashed to pieces.
• On display were boxing gloves which bore Rocky Marciano's signature.
• + two objects I don't bear them any ill feeling (= I do not continue to be angry with or dislike them).
• Thank you for your advice, I'll bear it in mind (= will remember and consider it).
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Having and owning - general words

• The numerous awards on the walls bear witness to his great success.
• I bear him no malice.
• She bears a faint resemblance to my sister.
• This explosion bears all the hallmarks of a terrorist attack.
• The book bears several striking similarities to last year's bestseller.

SUPPORT

4. transitive to hold or support something
• The chair, too fragile to bear her weight, collapsed.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Physical supports and supporting ↑Arches, columns and beams

PRODUCE

5. transitive formal to give birth to young, or (of a tree or plant) to give or produce especially fruit or flowers
• She had borne six children by the time she was thirty.
• + two objects When his wife bore him a child he could not hide his delight.
• Most animals bear their young in the spring.
• The pear tree they planted has never borne fruit.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Plant reproduction ↑Birth ↑Pregnancy

BRING

6. transitive slightly formal to carry and move something to a place
• At Christmas the family descend on the house bearing gifts.
• Countless waiters bore trays of drinks into the room.
• The sound of the ice-cream van was borne into the office on the wind.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Transferring and transporting objects

CHANGE DIRECTION

7. intransitive usually + adverb or preposition to change direction slightly so that you are going in a particular direction
• The path followed the coastline for several miles, then bore inland.
• After you go past the church keep bearing left/right.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Changing direction

SAY

8. bear testimony/witness formal
A. to say you know from your own experience that something happened or is true
• She bore witness to his patience and diligence.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Announcing, informing and stating
B. If something bears testimony to a fact, it proves that it is true
• The iron bridge bears testimony to the skills developed in that era.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Proving and disproving
9. bear false witness old use
to lie
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Lies, lying and hypocrisy ↑Dishonest people
Idioms: bear fruit ▪ bear the scars
Phrasal Verbs: bear down on somebody ▪ bear in on ▪ bear on something ▪ bear somebody out ▪ bear up ▪ bear with somebody

noun countable

ANIMAL

1. <A > a large, strong wild mammal with a thick fur coat that lives especially in colder parts of Europe, Asia and North America
• a brown/black bear
• a bear cub (= young bear)
See also grizzly bear; polar bear; teddy
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Wild mammals ↑Humans, apes and monkeys ↑Felines (cats) ↑Canines (dogs) ↑Deer and antelope ↑Rodents and similar animals ↑Marine mammals

• We sell all shapes and sizes of teddy bear.
• Emily hugged her teddy bear tightly to her chest.
• He had a scruffy old teddy bear which went by the name of Augustus.
• Polar bears live in the Arctic.
• The illustrations show monstrous beasts with bodies like bears and heads like tigers.

FINANCE
2. specialized a person who sells shares when prices are expected to fall, in order to make a profit by buying them back again at a lower price
Compare bull
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Financial investments and the stock market
Idioms: Do bears shit in the woods? ▪ like a bear with a sore head