bout

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bout /baʊt/ noun [countableC]

1. a bout of depression/flu/sickness etc PERIOD OF TIMEa short period of time during which you suffer from an illness 抑郁/流感/恶心等的发作（时期）

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a bout of depression/flu/sickness etc• Pablo Fernandez was suddenly stricken by a bout of flu.• Occasionally we all suffer from influenza or a bout of sickness, which naturally results in a drop in weight.

2 PERIOD OF TIMEa short period of time during which you do something a lot, especially something that is bad for you 一阵，一回，一场，一番〔尤指做对自己有害的事情〕

a drinking bout

一番痛饮

bout of

a bout of unemployment

一段时间的失业

3. DSa boxing or wrestling match 拳击赛；摔跤比赛

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bout• Some of the delays between bouts were annoying, but action never slowed down once the fighting began.• If this also ties, then each team captain selects a representative to fight a deciding bout.• The cruel Sylvie, the Sylvie of the drinking and drug bouts.• A painful bout with heroin addiction eventually led him to a spiritual rebirth.• The sneezing bouts continued for a couple of days, accompanied by shivering and coughing fits.• You can only speculate at how Phoenix featherweight Louie Espinoza would have fared in the bout.

bout of• a bout of drinking

'bout /baʊt/ adverbadv , preposition spoken informal

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What are you talking 'bout?

你在说什么？

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'bout• What are you talking 'bout?

Origin bout

(1500-1600) bout “one trip up the field and back in plowing” ((16-19 centuries)), from bought “bending” ((14-17 centuries))

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