border: [14] English acquired border from Old French bordure. This came from the common Romance verb *bordāre ‘border’, which was based on *bordus ‘edge’, a word of Germanic origin whose source, *borthaz, was the same as that of English board in the sense ‘side of a ship’. => board
border (n.)
mid-14c., from Old French bordure "seam, edge of a shield, border," from Frankish *bord or a similar Germanic source (compare Old English bord "side;" see board (n.2)). The geopolitical sense first attested 1530s, in Scottish (replacing earlier march), from The Borders, name of the district adjoining the boundary between England and Scotland.
border (v.)
c. 1400, "to put a border on;" 1640s as "to lie on the border of," from border (n.). Related: Bordered; bordering.
雙語例句
1. The stock market is convinced more cross-border deals will take place.
股市相信跨境交易會越來越多。
來自柯林斯例句
2. This very careful attitude to money can sometimes border on meanness.
這種對待金錢的過分謹慎的態度有時幾近于吝嗇。
來自柯林斯例句
3. He was never able to get past the border guards.
他從未能夠通過邊防哨兵的檢查。
來自柯林斯例句
4. Currency-conversion costs remain one of the biggest obstacles to cross-border trade.
貨幣兌換成本仍是跨境貿易的最大障礙之一。
來自柯林斯例句
5. Hungary's opening of the border was a turning point for the refugees.