| 释义 |
▪ I. gorm, v.1|gɔːm|
Also gawm.
A vulgar substitute for ‘(God) damn’.
1849Dickens Dav. Copp. xxi. 220 Gorm the t'other one. 1850Ibid. lxiii. 618 If a ship's cook..didn't make offers fur to marry Missis Gummidge, I'm gormed. 1883Punch 19 May 230/2 I'm gormed if there was more than six of one and half-a-dozen of the other. 1905E. Phillpotts Secret Woman i. iv, An' coming for to count 'em..be gormed if I didn't find but three! 1907Daily Chron. 9 Mar. 8/5 ‘Well, I'm gawmed!’ exclaimed Mr. Bungard, unable to suppress his surprise. 1910J. Farnol Broad Highway ii. xviii, I'll be gormed if it ain't a'most onnat'ral!
▪ II. gorm, v.2
see gaum v.3
▪ III. gorm, v.3
see gaum v.2
▪ IV. gorm, n.|gɔːm|
Also gawm.
[cf. gormless a.]
a. An undiscerning person, a fool.
b. (See quot. 1921.)
c. (See quot. 1933.)
1912J. Stephens Crock of Gold v. xiv. 228 ‘I must have forgotten about the other one...’ ‘You gawm!’ gritted the sergeant. 1921F. B. Young Black Diamond ix. 106 He asked Abner if he could spare him a gorm. Abner had not the least idea what a gorm was, but the voice explained that it meant a little..bit of tobacco—‘for to chew’. 1933Amer. Speech VIII. 49/2 Gorm, a mess, a muddle, a poor job. 1936‘N. Blake’ Thou Shell of Death ii. 33 There's a gorm of a girl comes up from the village every morning. 1959I. & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolch. x. 181 A brainless gorm. 1969H. Carvic Miss Seeton draws Line ix. 171 ‘It's all finished and it's all wunners.’ She smiled with pride. ‘Isn't it, you great gorm?’ |