darn

• v. 织补，缝补
• n. 织补

1.织补，来自PIE*dher, 固定，支撑，词源同endure, firm. 引申词义织补。

2.该死的，来自damn的委婉语。

1. a euphemism for `damn'

2. something of little value;

"his promise is not worth a damn"

"not worth one red cent"

"not worth shucks"

3. sewing or darning that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment);

"her stockings had several mends"

darn

darn: English has two distinct words darn. The verb ‘mend with stitches’ [16] may come ultimately from an Old English verb diernan ‘hide’, a derivative of the adjective dierne ‘secret’, which in turn was descended from West Germanic *darnjaz. Darn the mild curse [18], which arose in American English, is usually taken to be a euphemistic alteration of damn, although it has been suggested, not very plausibly, that it too came from dern, the modern English descendant of Old English dierne, in the sense ‘dark, dreary’.

darn (v.)

"to mend" c. 1600, perhaps from Middle French darner "mend," from darne "piece," from Breton darn "piece, fragment, part." Alternative etymology is from obsolete dern (see dern). Related: Darned; darning.

darn (interj.)

tame curse word, 1781, American English euphemism for damn, said to have originated in New England when swearing was a punishable offense; if so, its spread was probably influenced by 'tarnal, short for Eternal, as in By the Eternal (God), favorite exclamation of Andrew Jackson, among others (see tarnation). Related: darned (past participle adjective, 1806); darndest (superlative, 1844).

In a recent essay in the New York Review of Books, Robert Darn ton, the head of Harvard University's library, argued that because such books are a common resource – the possession of us all – only public, not-for-profit bodies should be given the power to control them.

出自-2011年12月阅读原文

to darn socks

补袜子

牛津词典

Darn it! I've lost my keys!

真见鬼，我的钥匙丢了！

牛津词典

Why don't you switch the darn thing off and listen to me!

把那讨厌的东西关掉，专心听我讲话好不好！

牛津词典

You had a darn good try.

你这一试再好不过了。

牛津词典

It's darn cold tonight.

今天晚上冷得要命。

牛津词典

Aunt Emilie darned old socks...

埃米莉姨妈织补旧袜子。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Mari refolded the darned pullover and socks.

玛丽把织补过的套头衫和袜子重新叠好。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

There's not a darn thing he can do about it...

他对此根本无能为力。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

You invariably leave your health club a darned sight less healthy than when you went in.

人们离开健身俱乐部的时候，气色看上去总是比刚进去时要糟糕。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

OK, I admit it, it was me. But darn it, I was right!

好吧，我承认，是我干的。但我是对的，可恶！

柯林斯高阶英语词典

'A talking pig!' he exclaimed. 'Well, I'll be darned.'

“一只会说话的猪!”他大声叫道,“哎呀，真是怪事。”

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Mary: Oh, darn it I thought I was still in Palm Springs.

玛丽: 噢, 该死,我以为我还在棕榈泉呢.

期刊摘选

You work darn hard to get a customer.

你在前期做了一大堆的努力得到一个客户.

期刊摘选

The darn cat eat my fish on the desk.

这只他妈的猫吃了我在桌上的鱼.

期刊摘选

She washed all the soldiers'socks and proceeded to darn them.

她把战士们的袜子都洗了,接着又把它们补好.

期刊摘选

Arsenal did not learn anything from the Villa game. That's a darn shame!

阿森纳没有从和维拉的比赛中学到任何东西, 这真让人感到耻辱!

期刊摘选

Ok! I admit it, it's me, but darn it.

好! 我承认这件事, 就是 我, 真是他妈的.

期刊摘选

Darn it all ! Gush ! Darn it!

该死的!

期刊摘选

Her jumper had a darn at the bottom.

她的无袖连衣裙下部有一个补丁.

《简明英汉词典》

Feel the smell of darn evil bacon.

去感受那该死的邪恶的腌肉味.

期刊摘选

Oh, darn! I forgot to turn on the rice cooker.

啊, 妈的! 我忘记开电饭锅的开关.

期刊摘选

Darn Sophie had hoped to find another letter from the unknown sender.

该死!她居然已经在内心里期待着来自那个不知名的寄信人的来信了.

期刊摘选

Darn. All this horsepower and no room to gallop!

天呀, 这儿有这么多车,没有路来飞!

期刊摘选

Let's see if we can darn it.

让我们看看是否能为您修补一下.

期刊摘选

Morley: Darn! Guess I'm up the creek without a paddle now.

莫理: 该死! 我现在是巧妇难为无米之炊了.

期刊摘选