原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for May 14, 2019 is: borne • \BORN\ • adjective : transported or transmitted by — used in combination Examples: “By 2050, half the world’s population could be at risk of mosquito- borne diseases like dengue fever or the Zika virus , new research suggests.” — Chelsea Harvey, Scientific American , 7 Mar. 2019 “Tacoma had a population of 36,006 by 1890, a boom of 3,179.2 percent in just 10 years. But not to be outdone, Seattle had formed its own rail service, the Seattle & Walla Walla Railroad, to feed off the profitable railroad- borne commerce.” — Steve Dunkelberger, SouthSoundTalk.com (Pierce County, Washington), 28 Aug. 2018 Did you know? Borne is, just like born , the past participle of the verb bear , which can mean (among other things) “to contain” or “to give birth to.” At first, borne and born were variant spellings of the same adjective. Used as in water-borne (or water-born ), it means “carried by.” In the...