turd

英 [t??d] 美[t?d]

暢通詞匯

復數:?turds;

turd 糞，狗屎

來自古英語 tord,糞便，污穢，來自 Proto-Germanic*turda,泥土，糞肥，來自 PIE*der,分開，撕開，詞源同 tear,tier.詞義演變比較 shit,來自 PIE*skei,分開，詞源同 science,shed.

turd: turd: [OE] Turd is an ancient word, traceable right back to Indo-European *drtom. This was formed from the base *dr-, *der- ‘flay, tear’ (source also of English tear), and so etymologically denoted that which is ‘separated’ from the body, like flayed skin, and hence ejected or excreted from the body. It passed into English via prehistoric Germanic *turdam. A distant relative is Latvian dirsti ‘defecate’.
=> tear
turd (n.): Old English tord "piece of excrement," from Proto-Germanic *turdam (cognates: Middle Dutch torde "piece of excrement," Old Norse tord-yfill, Dutch tort-wevel "dung beetle"), from PIE *drtom, past participle of root *der- (2) "to split, peel, flay, tear;" thus "that which is separated ("torn off") from the body" (compare shit (v.) from root meaning "to split;" Greek skatos from root meaning "to cut off; see scatology). As a type of something worthless and vile, it is attested from mid-13c. Meaning "despicable person" is recorded from mid-15c.
A tord ne yeue ic for eu alle ["The Owl and the Nightingale," c. 1250]

Alle thingis ... I deme as toordis, that I wynne Crist. [Wyclif, Phil. iii.8, 1382; KJV has "I count all things ... but dung, that I may win Christ"]

2. Death is equally mysterious, but there's no sugar - coating that turd.: 死亡也是一樣的神秘, 但是卻沒有糖衣將這臭物包裹.

4. Why are you being such a turd! I wish I hadn't gotten married!: 聽下面一段對話,回答 9 ～11小題.