bout

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bout /baʊt/ noun [countable] 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）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/ adverb, preposition spoken informal ABOUTabout 关于 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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bout /baʊt/

noun [countable]

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

1. a bout of depression/flu/sickness etc a short period of time during which you suffer from an illness
2. a short period of time during which you do something a lot, especially something that is bad for you: