bairn

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++bairn /beən $ bern/ noun [countable] a baby or child – used in Scotland 婴儿；小孩〔苏格兰用语〕

Examples from the Corpus

bairn• My sister just lets the bairns roam.• It's not only them that suffer - it's the bairns as well.• The bairn started bringing his milk back up all the time when he was just a few days old.• Only one thing she drew the line at and that was when the prostitution took up bairns.