首页英语词典boughtenboughten的意思

boughten

英 ['bɔːt(ə)n] 美['bɔtən]
  • adj. 买来的,购进的
最后更新时间:2025-08-22

英文词源


boughten (adj.)
irregular past participle of buy; as an adjective from 1793, especially in colloquial U.S. usage, of clothing and other items, opposed to "made."
BOUGHTEN. Which is bought. This is a common word in the interior of New England and New York. It is applied to articles purchased from the shops, to distinguish them from similar articles of home manufacture. [Bartlett, "Dictionary of Americanisms," 1848]