| 释义 |
fag
I. \ˈfag, -aa(ə)g, -aig\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English fagge flap, knot in cloth
1. : fag end
2. : cigarette; sometimes : a cheap cigarette
II. verb
(fagged ; fagged ; fagging ; fags)
Etymology: obsolete English fag to droop, perhaps from fag (I)
intransitive verb
1. : to become weary : tire, flag
2. : to work to exhaustion : drudge, toil
< fagging away at all the extra work >
3.
a. : to be a fag : serve as a fag
< fagging for older boys during his first year >
b. : to serve as a fag in the field in British school games (as cricket)
transitive verb
1. : to compel to serve as a fag
< what right have the fifth-form boys to fag us — Thomas Hughes >
2. : to exhaust by toil, drudgery, or sustained heavy activity — often used with out
< the long march fagged them out >
3. : to make (the end of a rope) frayed or untwisted
Synonyms: see tire
III. noun
(-s)
1. chiefly Britain : a fatiguing task : drudgery
< it is such a fag; I came back tired to death — Jane Austen >
2.
a. : an English public-school boy who acts as servant to another boy in a higher form
b. : menial, drudge, servitor
IV. noun
or fag·got \ˈfagət\
(-s)
Etymology: origin unknown
slang : homosexual |