| 单词 | butt |
| 释义 | butt (bʌt ) Word forms: butts , butting , butted 1. countable noun Someone's butt is their bottom. [mainly US, informal] Frieda grinned, pinching him on the butt. Synonyms: bottom [informal], behind [informal], bum [British, slang], seat 2. countable noun [oft noun NOUN] The butt or the butt end of a weapon or tool is the thick end of its handle. Troops used tear gas and rifle butts to break up the protests. Your left hand should be wrapped fairly firmly around the butt end of the club. Synonyms: end, handle, shaft, stock 3. countable noun [oft noun NOUN] The butt of a cigarette or cigar is the small part of it that is left when someone has finished smoking it. He dropped his cigarette butt into the street below. He paused to stub out the butt of his cigar. Synonyms: stub, end, base, foot 4. countable noun A butt is a large barrel used for collecting or storing liquid. 5. singular noun If someone or something is the butt of jokes or criticism, people often make fun of them or criticize them. He is still the butt of cruel jokes about his humble origins. [+ of] Synonyms: target, victim, object, point 6. verb If a person or animal butts you, they hit you with the top of their head. Lawrence kept on butting me but the referee did not warn him. [VERB noun] Synonyms: knock, push, bump, punch 7. See also head-butt, water butt Phrasal verbs: butt in phrasal verb If you say that someone is butting in, you are criticizing the fact that they are joining in a conversation or activity without being asked to. [disapproval] Sorry, I don't mean to butt in. [VERB PARTICLE] 'I should think not,' Sarah butted in. [VERB PARTICLE with quote] butt out phrasal verb If someone tells you to butt out, they are telling you rudely to go away or not to interfere with what they are doing. [mainly US, informal] She would have liked to tell him to butt out. [VERB PARTICLE] The time has come for parents to butt out of the adolescent's daily life. [V P of n] Translations: Chinese: 用头撞 Japanese: 頭で突く |
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