| 单词 | butt |
| 释义 | butt1[ buht ] / bʌt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR butt ON THESAURUS.COM nounthe end or extremity of anything, especially the thicker, larger, or blunt end considered as a bottom, base, support, or handle, as of a log, fishing rod, or pistol. an end that is not used or consumed; remnant: a cigar butt. a lean cut of pork shoulder. Slang. the buttocks. Slang. a cigarette. Origin of butt1First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English bott “(thick) end, buttock,” Old English butt “tree stump” (in placenames); akin to Swedish but “stump,” Danish but “stubby”; further origin uncertain; cf. buttock WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH buttbut, buttWords nearby buttbuto, butoconazole nitrate, butorphanol, butsu, butsudan, butt, buttals, butt bra, butt chisel, butt-dial, butte Definition for butt (2 of 5)butt2 [ buht ] / bʌt / nounverb (used without object)to have an end or projection on; be adjacent to; abut. verb (used with object)to position or fasten an end (of something). to place or join the ends (of two things) together; set end-to-end. Origin of butt2First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Middle French but “target, goal,” probably ultimately from Old Norse bútr “stump, log” (from the use of a wooden block or stump as a target in archery, etc.); cf. butt1, butte SYNONYMS FOR butt1 victim, target, mark, dupe, gull, laughingstock, prey, pigeon, patsy. SEE SYNONYMS FOR butt ON THESAURUS.COM Definition for butt (3 of 5)Origin of butt3First recorded in 1150–1200; Middle English butten, bouten, from Anglo-French buter, butter, Old French bouter, buter “to thrust, strike,” from Germanic; compare Old Norse bauta “to strike,” Middle Dutch botten “to strike, sprout”; cf. beat Definition for butt (4 of 5)butt4 [ buht ] / bʌt / nouna large cask for wine, beer, or ale. any cask or barrel. any of various units of capacity, usually considered equal to two hogsheads. Origin of butt4First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English but(t)e, bot(t), from Anglo-French bo(u)t(e); Middle French, from Old Provençal bota, from Late Latin butta, buttis, akin to Greek boût(t)is “vessel in the shape of a frustum of a cone” (of pre-Greek origin) Definition for butt (5 of 5)butt5 or but[ buht ] / bʌt / noun plural (especially collectively) butt, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) butts.any of several flatfishes, especially the halibut. Origin of butt5First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English but(te), botte; cognate with Swedish butta “turbot,” German Butt “brill, turbot, flounder,” Dutch bot “flounder” Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for buttBritish Dictionary definitions for butt (1 of 5)butt1 / (bʌt) / nounthe thicker or blunt end of something, such as the end of the stock of a rifle the unused end of something, esp of a cigarette; stub tanning the portion of a hide covering the lower backside of the animal US and Canadian informal the buttocks US a slang word for cigarette building trades short for butt joint, butt hinge Word Origin for buttC15 (in the sense: thick end of something, buttock): related to Old English buttuc end, ridge, Middle Dutch bot stumpy British Dictionary definitions for butt (2 of 5)butt2 / (bʌt) / nouna person or thing that is the target of ridicule, wit, etc shooting archery
a low barrier, usually of sods or peat, behind which sportsmen shoot game birds, esp grouse archaic goal; aim verb(usually foll by on or against) to lie or be placed end on to; abutto butt a beam against a wall Word Origin for buttC14 (in the sense: mark for archery practice): from Old French but; related to French butte knoll, target British Dictionary definitions for butt (3 of 5)butt3 / (bʌt) / verbto strike or push (something) with the head or horns (intr) to project; jut (intr ; foll by in or into) to intrude, esp into a conversation; interfere; meddle butt out informal, mainly US and Canadian to stop interfering or meddling nouna blow with the head or horns Derived forms of buttbutter, nounWord Origin for buttC12: from Old French boter, of Germanic origin; compare Middle Dutch botten to strike; see beat, button British Dictionary definitions for butt (4 of 5)butt4 / (bʌt) / nouna large cask, esp one with a capacity of two hogsheads, for storing wine or beer a US unit of liquid measure equal to 126 US gallons Word Origin for buttC14: from Old French botte, from Old Provençal bota, from Late Latin buttis cask, perhaps from Greek butinē chamber pot British Dictionary definitions for butt (5 of 5)Butt / (bʌt) / nounDame Clara . 1872–1936, English contralto Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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