oaf
英 [əʊf]
美[of]
- n. 呆子；白痴；畸形儿
词态变化
复数: oafs;形容词: oafish;
中文词源
oaf 呆子，畸形儿
来自古诺斯语auf,传说中精灵或仙子遗留人间的怪胎，词源同elf.字母l软化成u.
英英释意
- 1. an awkward stupid person
英文词源
- oaf
- oaf: see elf
- oaf (n.)
- 1620s, auf, oph (modern form from 1630s), "a changeling; a foolish child left by the fairies" [Johnson], from a Scandinavian source such as Norwegian alfr "silly person," in Old Norse "elf" (see elf). Hence, "a misbegotten, deformed idiot." Until recently, some dictionaries still gave the plural as oaves.
实用场景例句
- Why give publicity to this self-indulgent, adolescent oaf?
- 为什么要宣传报道这个行为任性、青春期未满的白痴呢？
柯林斯例句
- Leave the lady alone, you drunken oaf.
- 离这位女士远点，你这醉鬼。
柯林斯例句
- Mind that cup, you clumsy oaf!
- 当心那个杯子，你这笨手笨脚的家伙！
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- How much gold are we talking about here , oaf?
- 我们赌是多少钱呢,笨家伙?
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- The oaf stumbled over the bucket, spilling all the water.
- 那个笨手笨脚的人绊到了木桶, 把水全给泼了.
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- Why did she marry that great oaf?
- 她怎么会嫁给那个大笨蛋了 呢 ?
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- Look where you're going , you lumbering great oaf!
- 看着点道儿, 你这个马大哈!
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- That man is a bungling oaf.
- 那个人是个草包.
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- Na : Well , were the oaf to actually find and retrieve it, then yes, theoretically.
- 嗯, 从理论上说,如果那个蠢货真的能找到并带回它, 那么没错.
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