bourne
noun [ C ] (also bourn) uk/bɔːn/ us/bɔːrn/
literary界限;边界
a limit or boundary (= edge)
These matters are beyond the bourne of our understanding. 这些问题超出了我们的理解范围。
literary目的地
a destination (= the place where someone is going)
She was about to depart for some unknown bourne. 她当时正准备出发去往一个未知的目的地。
UK old use小河，小溪，溪流
a small stream
The "burn" part of the place name Tyburn is derived from "bourne", which means stream. 地名Tyburn中，"burn"这一部分来源于"bourne"，是溪流的意思。
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- The mystery of existence will ever loom beyond the bourne of man's intellect.
- Hamlet describes non-existence as "that undiscover'd country from whose bourn no traveller returns".
- Event horizons mark the bourne from which no traveller, even light, can return, because of the intense gravity.
- Setting forth in an opposite direction, he should get to the same bourne by another route.
- The vessel moved through the fog towards some unseen bourne.