donkey
英['d??k?]
美['d??ki]
- n. 驢子；傻瓜；頑固的人
詞態變化
復數:?donkeys;
中文詞源
donkey 驢子
可能來自人名Duncan. 或來自dun, 暗褐色，詞源同dun, 暗褐色，拼寫受Monkey影響。
英文詞源
- donkey
- donkey: [18] The usual English word for ‘donkey’ from Anglo-Saxon times was ass, and donkey is not recorded until Francis Grose entered it in his Dictionary of the vulgar tonge 1785; ‘Donkey or Donkey Dick, a he or Jackass’. No one really knows where it came from. The usual explanation offered is that it was based on dun ‘brownish grey’ and the diminutive suffix -ey, with the intermediate k added in imitation of monkey (donkey originally rhymed with monkey).
=> dun - donkey (n.)
- 1785, originally slang, perhaps a diminutive from dun "dull gray-brown," the form perhaps influenced by monkey. Or possibly from a familiar form of Duncan (compare dobbin). The older English word was ass (n.1).
雙語例句
- 1. He gave the donkey a whack across the back with his stick.
- 他拿棍子朝驢背上狠狠打了一下。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He gave the donkey a mighty prod in the backside.
- 他用力捅了一下驢屁股。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. He threw the old cloth saddle across the donkey's back.
- 他把舊布鞍搭在驢背上。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The donkey brayed and tried to bolt.
- 這頭驢嘶叫著試圖脫韁而逃。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. A mule is a hybrid of a male donkey and a female horse.
- 騾子是公驢和母馬交配而生的雜種動物。
來自《權威詞典》