单词 | drat |
释义 | dratint. colloquial. A form of imprecation, giving vent to annoyance or angry vexation; = ‘Hang’, ‘dash’, ‘confound’. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > euphemisms for stronger oaths > for 'damn' darn1781 drat1815 ding1822 nation1825 the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [verb (transitive)] > euphemisms for stronger oaths > for 'damn' ram1645 slama1658 dang1793 dash1800 drat1857 soda1904 dagnab1916 1815 Sporting Mag. 46 13 ‘Now drat that Betty’, says one of the washer-women. 1857 A. Trollope Barchester Towers xxxix ‘Drat their impudence’, said Mrs. Greenacre. 1859 W. M. Thackeray Virginians xliv ‘Drat it, Jane, kneel down, and bless the gentleman, I tell 'ee!’ Derivatives drat v. ΚΠ 1878 M. Collins & F. Collins Village Comedy I. 195 The ladies are ‘dratting’ me, if you know what that means. ˈdratted adj. ‘confounded’. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [adjective] > euphemisms for stronger oaths > for 'damn' tarnation1784 tarnal1790 darned1815 dratted1857 dagnab1934 cotton-picking1958 1857 A. Trollope Barchester Towers (1861) 326 The quintain was ‘dratted’ and ‘bothered’ and very generally anathematized by all the mothers. 1869 Mrs. H. Wood Roland Yorke v. (Farmer) If that dratted girl had been at her post. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < int.1815 |
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