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单词 ass
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ass1

/as /
noun
1A hoofed mammal of the horse family, which is typically smaller than a horse and has longer ears and a braying call.
  • Genus Equus, family Equidae: E. africanus of Africa, which is the ancestor of the domestic ass or donkey, and E. hemionus of Asia.
This family, made up of the horses, asses and zebras, contains one genus with nine species....
  • Similarly, one ‘kind’ was likely ancestral to the various types of horses, zebras and asses.
  • Today only seven species of wild equids remain - three asses, three zebra and one wild horse - and IUCN-The World Conservation Union now lists most of these as endangered.

Synonyms

donkey;
jackass, jenny;
Scottish cuddy
British informal moke, neddy
1.1(In general use) a donkey.Need I remind you gentlemen, that an ass is a donkey....
  • Then be called ten times a donkey, and a mule, and an ass, and begone, or I'll clear the world of thee!
  • But did Avraham sell Sara to an imperial Pharaoh in exchange for sheep, cattle, donkeys, servants, maids, asses, and camels?!
2British informal A foolish or stupid person: that ass of a young man...
  • The silly ass asked the electors: ‘Who governs Britain?’
  • They are seen for the foolish bunch of asses that they are.
  • The fact might well be forgotten, but there are stupid asses who will not let us forget it.

Synonyms

fool, nincompoop, clown, dolt, simpleton
informal idiot, ninny, dope, dimwit, chump, goon, dumbo, dummy, halfwit, dum-dum, loon, jackass, cretin, imbecile, jerk, nerd, fathead, blockhead, numbskull, dunderhead, dunce, dipstick, bonehead, chucklehead, clod, goop, knucklehead, lamebrain, pea-brain, pudding-head, thickhead, wooden-head, pinhead, airhead, birdbrain, dumb-bell, donkey, stupe, noodle
British informal nit, nitwit, twit, numpty, clot, plonker, berk, prat, pillock, wally, git, wazzock, divvy, nerk, dork, twerp, charlie, mug, muppet
Scottish informal nyaff, balloon, sumph, gowk
Irish informal gobdaw
North American informal schmuck, bozo, boob, lamer, turkey, schlepper, chowderhead, dumbhead, goofball, goof, goofus, galoot, lummox, klutz, putz, schlemiel, sap, meatball, gink, cluck, clunk, ding-dong, dingbat, wiener, weeny, dip, simp, spud, coot, palooka, poop, squarehead, yo-yo, dingleberry
Australian/New Zealand informal drongo, dill, alec, galah, nong, bogan, poon, boofhead
South African informal mompara
British vulgar slang knobhead
North American vulgar slang asshat
dated tomfool, muttonhead, noddy
archaic clodpole, loggerhead, spoony, mooncalf

Phrases

make an ass of oneself

Origin

Old English assa, from a Celtic word related to Welsh asyn, Breton azen, based on Latin asinus.

  • arse from Old English:

    Like bum, arse was not originally a rude slang word. It dates back to before 1000 in English, and is connected to various old German and Scandinavian forms that were probably linked to Greek orros ‘the rump or bottom’. Arse was perfectly respectable until the 17th century. To go arse over tip (the original form, rather than tit) and not know your arse from your elbow are first found in the early 20th century. My arse! as a derisive comment is first recorded in the 1920s, though all these expressions are probably older. The American spelling is ass, which is nothing to do with ass meaning ‘donkey’. The latter is from an Old English word that is related to easel and goes back to Latin asinus, as in asinine (Late Middle English) or stupid. See also wheat

Rhymes

ass2

/ɑːs / /as /
noun North American vulgar slang
1A person’s buttocks or anus.
1.1 [mass noun] Women regarded as a source of sexual gratification.
1.2Oneself (used in phrases for emphasis).

Phrases

bust one's ass

chew (someone's) ass

haul (or drag or tear) ass

get your ass in (or into) gear

not give (or care) a rat's ass

put (or have) someone's ass in a sling

whip (or bust) someone's ass

Derivatives

assed

adjective
[in combination]: fat-assed guys

Origin

Mid 19th century: variant of arse.

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