n.

1. 举止，风度；体态[S][U]
   She is a girl of noble bearing.

   她是一个举止端庄的姑娘。

2. 关系，关联[S][U][（+on）]
   What you have said has no bearing on the subject under discussion.

   你所说的话与正在讨论的问题没有关系。

3. （机器的）轴承[C]
4. 方位，方向；方向感[P]
   The sailors lost their bearings last night.

   昨夜水手们迷失了方向。

5. 忍耐，忍受[U]
   His behavior was beyond bearing.

   他的行为令人忍无可忍。

6. 生育，生育期；结果实，结果实期[U][C]
   The tree is in full bearing.

   这棵树果实累累。

7. 压力，推力[U]
8. 意思[U]
   I'm not clear about the precise bearing of the word in this passage.

   我说不准这个字在这段文章里的确切意义是什么。

9. 方面[C]
   This question must be considered in all its bearings.

   这个问题必须从各方面加以考虑。

n.

1. a person's way of standing, moving, or behaving.
2. relation; relevance:
   the case has no bearing on the issues.
3. (bearings) a device in a machine that allows two parts to rotate or move in contact with each other with reduced friction.
4. the direction or position of something relative to a fixed point, normally measured in degrees and with magnetic north as zero.
   ▸ (one's bearings) awareness of one's position relative to one's surroundings.
5. Heraldry  a device or charge.