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bane
[ beyn ]
noun
- a person or thing that ruins or spoils:
Gambling was the bane of his existence.
- a deadly poison (often used in combination, as in the names of poisonous plants):
wolfsbane;
henbane.
- death; destruction; ruin.
- Obsolete. that which causes death or destroys life:
entrapped and drowned beneath the watery bane.
bane
1/ 产别瑟苍 /
noun
- a person or thing that causes misery or distress (esp in the phrase bane of one's life )
- something that causes death or destruction
- a fatal poison
- ( in combination )
ratsbane
- archaic.ruin or distress
bane
2/ 产别瑟苍; ben /
noun
- a Scot word for bone
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of bane1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of bane1
Example Sentences
Back in 2020, I faced the bane of every writer鈥檚 existence: a blank page, in an empty notebook.
It鈥檚 a bane of hikers, but botanists say the native plant plays an important role in the ecosystem.
Napster, the former music pirating site and bane of major labels at the turn of the millennium, is today a minor player compared to Spotify, YouTube and Apple Music.
Comparisons were the bane of their early career.
Bookshop.org founder and CEO Andy Hunter joked that the e-books question has been the bane of his business鈥 social media manager鈥檚 existence for a while now.
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