brook

Bach

Ein kleiner, natürlich fließender Wasserlauf.

In einfachem Englisch: A small natural stream of flowing water.

• A brook runs through the garden.
• We crossed the brook on a wooden bridge.
• Several brooks flow down from the hills.

Synonyme: stream, creek

Häufige Wendungen: small brook, babbling brook, brook water

Feuchtwiese, Marschland

Tief liegendes, nasses Grasland, oft neben einem Bach.

In einfachem Englisch: Low, wet grassland, often beside a stream.

• Cattle grazed in the brook beside the stream.
• Heavy rain flooded the low brooks.
• The old map labels this wet meadow as a brook.

Synonyme: water meadow, marshland

Häufige Wendungen: wet brook, brook pasture, low brook

dulden, hinnehmen

Etwas Unangenehmes hinnehmen oder zulassen; meist gebraucht, um zu sagen, dass man es nicht duldet.

In einfachem Englisch: To accept or allow something unpleasant, usually used when saying you will not allow it.

• She would brook no nonsense.
• The captain brooked no delay in carrying out his orders.
• His tone made clear that he would brook no argument.

So benutzt man es: brook no something (The director would brook no interference in her work.)

Synonyme: tolerate, allow, put up with

Häufige Wendungen: brook no delay, brook no opposition, brook no interference

nutzen, genießen

Etwas besitzen und Freude an seiner Nutzung oder an seinen Vorteilen haben.

In einfachem Englisch: To have something and enjoy using it or benefiting from it.

• He hoped to brook his inheritance in peace.
• She brooked the estate for many years.
• May you brook these lands and enjoy their fruits.

Synonyme: enjoy, use, possess

Häufige Wendungen: brook the land, brook an estate, brook someone’s wealth