kid
英[k?d]
美[k?d]
- n. 小孩；小山羊
- vt. 欺騙；取笑；戲弄
- vi. 欺騙；取笑；戲弄
- adj. 小山羊皮制的；較年幼的
- n. (Kid)人名；(英)基德
詞態變化
復數:?kids;第三人稱單數:?kids;過去式:?kidded;現在分詞:?kidding;
中文詞源
kid 小孩
來自中古英語kide,來自古諾斯語kith,羊羔，來自Proto-Germanic*kittina,小羊，羊羔，可能來自PIE*ghaid,羊，山羊，詞源同goat.后用來指小偷或好斗的人，最終用于小孩昵稱。
英文詞源
- kid (n.)
- c. 1200, "the young of a goat," from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse kie "young goat," from Proto-Germanic *kidjom (cognates: Old High German kizzi, German kitze, Danish and Swedish kid). Extended meaning of "child" first recorded as slang 1590s, established in informal usage by 1840s. Applied to skillful young thieves and pugilists since at least 1812. Kid stuff "something easy" is from 1913 (The phrase was in use about that time in reference to vaudeville acts or advertisements featuring children, and to children-oriented features in newspapers). Kid glove "a glove made of kidskin leather" is from 1680s; sense of "characterized by wearing kid gloves," therefore "dainty, delicate" is from 1856.
- kid (v.)
- "tease playfully," 1839, earlier, in thieves' cant, "to coax, wheedle, hoax" (1811), probably from kid (n.), via notion of "treat as a child, make a kid of." Related: Kidded; kidding.
雙語例句
- 1. He told us to get stuffed so we leaned on his kid.
- 他叫我們滾蛋，于是我們威脅他的孩子。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He beat up on my brother's kid one time.
- 他有一次毆打了我哥的孩子。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. He's like some dreamy kid playing on his own.
- 他就像是個自娛自樂的愛幻想的孩子。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. "Gimme a break, kid! You know how much those things cost?"
- “饒了我吧，小祖宗！你知道這些東西有多貴嗎？”
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. His son was a junkie, the kid OD'd a year ago.
- 他兒子是個吸毒者，這孩子一年前吸食了過量毒品。
來自柯林斯例句