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Gull 欺骗 English Gʌl N 海鸥;易上当的人;V 英 V

单词 gull
音标 [gʌl]
解释 n. 海鸥;易上当的人;v. 欺骗
红宝书 【英】 v. 欺骗(to cheat or trick)
【例】 gulled us out of all our money
字源 gull (n.1)
shore bird, early 15c. (in a cook book), probably from Brythonic Celtic, compare Welsh gwylan "gull," Cornish guilan, Breton goelann; all from Old Celtic *voilenno-. Replaced Old English mæw (see mew (n.1)).
gull (n.2)
cant term for "dupe, sucker, credulous person," 1590s, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from verb meaning "to dupe, cheat" (1540s), earlier "to swallow" (1520s), ultimately from gull "throat, gullet" (early 15c.); see gullet. Or it is perhaps from (or influenced by) the bird (see gull (n.1)); in either case with a sense of "someone who will swallow anything thrown at him." Another possibility is Middle English dialectal gull "newly hatched bird" (late 14c.), which is perhaps from Old Norse golr "yellow," from the hue of its down.
不择手段背单词
趣味全助记 【记】seagull 海鸥,就是sea + gull;音:嘎, 象海鸥叫声;形容人嘎就是这人特淘气,爱骗人玩,口语中嘎小子的嘎;guile 欺骗

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