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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   beard

   • IPA[bird]

   美式

   • n.
     a growth of hair on the chin and lower cheeks of a man's face；a tuft of hair on the chin of certain mammals, for example a lion or goat.
   • v.
     boldly confront or challenge (someone formidable)

   • noun: beard, plural noun: beards

2. • 釋義
   • 片語

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a growth of hair on the chin and lower cheeks of a man's face he had a black beard three days' growth of beard
   • ▪ a tuft of hair on the chin of certain mammals, for example a lion or goat.
   • ▪ an animal's growth or marking that is likened to a beard, e.g., the gills of an oyster, or the beak bristles of certain birds.
   • ▪ a tuft of hairs or bristles on certain plants, especially the awn of a grass.
   • 2. US informal a person who carries out a transaction, typically a bet, for someone else in order to conceal the other's identity the beard permitted the manipulator to protect the odds
   • 3. North American informal a person who pretends to have a romantic or sexual relationship with someone else in order to conceal the other's true sexual orientation the closeted male and his female “beard”

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. boldly confront or challenge (someone formidable) he was afraid to beard the sultan himself

   片語

   • beard the lion in his den