vt.

1. 支持，承受；承擔
   Mrs. Ann Bader bears all expenses.

   安妮‧巴德太太承擔一切費用。

2. 運送；攜帶；帶走[O]
3. 忍受；經得起[+to-v][+v-ing][+that][O2]
   He could not bear that his friends should laugh at him.

   他受不了朋友們竟也嘲笑他。

   I can't bear to see you like this.

   我不忍見你這樣。

   I don't feel very well. I can't bear this weather.

   我感到不太舒服。我受不了這種天氣。

4. 容許
5. 佩帶；擁有；具有
6. 寫有，印有，帶有
   Her face bore signs of tears.

   她的臉上帶著淚痕。

7. 懷有，對……抱有[O1][（+for/against）]
8. 生（小孩）[O1]；開（花）；結（果）
   She has borne five children.

   她生了五個孩子。

9. 產（莊稼）；生（利息）
10. 值得，需要
11. （與oneself連用）表現[O]

vi.

1. 承受重量（或壓力）
   Those bamboo beams will not bear.

   這幾根竹製的橫樑承受不住壓力。

2. 用力推（或擠，壓）
3. 開花結果
   Our apple trees will bear well this year.

   今年我們的蘋果樹會結許多果實。

4. （依一定方向）延伸

n.[C]

1. 熊；似熊的動物
2. 魯莽的人；笨拙的人
3. 【美】【俚】佼佼者
   He is a bear at mathematics.

   他是個數學天才。

4. （股市中）做空頭者；（對行情）看跌者

vt.

1. 透過賣空使行情下跌

vi.

1. 做空頭

a.

1. 賣空的，行情下跌的[Z][B]

v.

1. carry or convey.
   ▸have as an attribute or visible mark.
2. support (a weight).
3. [with neg.] manage to tolerate:
   I can't bear it.
4. give birth to (a child).
   ▸(of a tree or plant) produce (fruit or flowers).
5. turn and proceed in a specified direction:
   bear left.
6. (bear oneself) conduct oneself in a specified manner.

n.

1. a large, heavy mammal which walks on the soles of its feet, having thick fur and a very short tail. [Family Ursidae: several species.]
2. Stock Exchange  a person who sells shares hoping to buy them back later at a lower price. Often contrasted with bull¹. [said to be from a proverb warning against ‘selling the bear's skin before one has caught the bear’.]
3. a rough or bad-mannered person.