| 单词 | fag |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [fæg] |
| 解释 | v. 苦干;n. 苦工 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 v.苦干(to work hard and become very tired);n.苦工(a menial worker; drudge) 【记】 fag=fact(做,g=ct, 在词根中意义一致, 如tag=tact) 【例】 We fagged at the job for hours. |
| 字源 | fag (v.) "to droop, decline, tire," 1520s, apparently an alteration of flag (v.) in its sense of "droop." Transitive sense of "to make (someone or something) fatigued" is first attested 1826. Related: Fagged; fagging. fag (n.) British slang for "cigarette" (originally, especially, the butt of a smoked cigarette), 1888, probably from fag-end "extreme end, loose piece" (1610s), from fag "loose piece" (late 15c.), which is perhaps related to fag (v.). |
| 不择手段背单词 | v. 做苦工(精疲力尽地工作); n 苦工(单调乏味的工作) = drudge 【源】原指: 在英国学校中, 受高年级使唤的低年级学生, 也就是为高年级同学做跑腿的学生. 后来引申为苦工, 但是现在出现了几个由苦工引申出来的意思: 香烟; 男同性恋 【记】fag = fact做事的人-苦工读音像一句骂人的话, 只有苦工才说得出来 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】类似fatigue 累,做苦工累的;音:返工,罚工,都是辛苦的工作 |
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