单词 | buck |
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音标 | [bʌk] |
解释 | v.反对;n.雄鹿;雄兔 |
红宝书 | 【英】 v. 反对(oppose, resist);n. 雄鹿,雄兔(male deer or rabbit); 【考】 反义词:assent to(同意) 【记】 美国口语一美圆叫 one buck. |
字源 | buck (n.1) "male deer," c.1300, earlier "male goat;" from Old English bucca "male goat," from Proto-Germanic *bukkon (cognates: Old Saxon buck, Middle Dutch boc, Dutch bok, Old High German boc, German Bock, Old Norse bokkr), perhaps from a PIE root *bhugo (cognates: Avestan buza "buck, goat," Armenian buc "lamb"), but some speculate that it is from a lost pre-Germanic language. Barnhart says Old English buc "male deer," listed in some sources, is a "ghost word or scribal error." Meaning "dollar" is 1856, American English, perhaps an abbreviation of buckskin, a unit of trade among Indians and Europeans in frontier days, attested in this sense from 1748. Pass the buck is first recorded in the literal sense 1865, American English:The 'buck' is any inanimate object, usually knife or pencil, which is thrown into a jack pot and temporarily taken by the winner of the pot. Whenever the deal reaches the holder of the 'buck', a new jack pot must be made. [J.W. Keller, "Draw Poker," 1887]Perhaps originally especially a buck-handled knife. The figurative sense of "shift responsibility" is first recorded 1912. Buck private is recorded by 1870s, of uncertain signification. buck (v.) 1848, apparently with a sense of "jump like a buck," from buck (n.1). Related: Bucked; bucking. Buck up "cheer up" is from 1844. buck (n.2) "sawhorse," 1817, American English, apparently from Dutch bok "trestle." |
不择手段背单词 | v. 竭力反对 = oppose = resist = traverse; (马等)突然一跃(将骑手摔下); n 雄鹿, 雄兔, [口]美圆 【例】I bucked at your suggestion 我坚决反对你的建议. 【记】读: 罢课. 一种竭力反对上课的行为. 【反】assent to(同意) |
趣味全助记 | 【记】bark 狗吠叫,狗生气了,边叫边弓背反对,低头顶着,反抗,向前冲; |
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