boughten
英 ['bɔːt(ə)n]
美['bɔtən]
- adj. 买来的，购进的
反义词
homemade
英英释义
- 1. purchased; not homemade;
- "my boughten clothes"
- "a store-bought dress"
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]