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Heckle Middle V N Dutch Hechel Hekl V.诘问,困扰

单词 heckle
音标 ['hekl]
解释 v.诘问,困扰
红宝书 【英】 v. 诘问,困扰(to annoy or harass by interrupting with questions or taunts; bait)
【记】 来自heck(加强语气词 ,表示骂)+le
【例】 heckle the performers with shouts
字源 heckle (v.)
early 14c., "to comb (flax or hemp) with a heckle;" from heckle (n.) or from related Middle Dutch hekelen. Figurative meaning "to question severely in a bid to uncover weakness" is from late 18c. "Long applied in Scotland to the public questioning of parliamentary candidates" [OED]. Related: Heckled; heckling.



heckle (n.)
"flax comb," c.1300, hechel, perhaps from an unrecorded Old English *hecel or a cognate Germanic word (such as Middle High German hechel, Middle Dutch hekel), from Proto-Germanic *hakila-, from PIE *keg- "hook, tooth" (see hook (n.)).
不择手段背单词 v. 诘问, 困扰(通过问题、嘲笑或反对来使别人尴尬或生气) = badger
【记】heck读: 黑客, le乐: 黑客可以在别人的主页上嘲笑反对别人, 使别人尴尬或生气, 从而自己没事儿偷着 le.
【参】hack(v 乱砍; n 雇佣文人); hackneyed(adj 陈腐的; 常见的)
趣味全助记 【记】源自hackle;乱砍,辩论时就是通过诘问乱砍别人;音:黑口,黑嘴,总问一些刁钻问题为难别人;音:还口,对刁钻问题还口
【相关】hackle 梳理, 乱砍

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