| 词汇 | bruin |
| 词源 | bruin. Bears have been called bruins ever since medieval times, when the bear in the folk tale Reynard the Fox was named Bruin. The tale is Dutch in origin and bruin is the Dutch word for “brown.” The Swiss capital, Bern, takes its name from the German word for bear. |
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