单词 | sty |
释义 | sty 1. n. & v. --n (pl. sties)   1. a pen or enclosure for pigs.   2. a filthy room or dwelling.   3. a place of debauchery. --vtr. & intr. (sties, stied) lodge in a sty. Etymology: OE sti, prob. = stig hall (cf. STEWARD), f. Gmc 2. n. (also stye) (pl. sties or styes) an inflamed swelling on the edge of an eyelid. Etymology: styany (now dial.) = styan eye f. OE stigend sty, lit. 'riser' f. stigan rise + EYE, shortened as if = sty on eye |
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