這個拼法是2個不同的字· 2 words spelled “ass”
- 1ass · donkey (old word)驢子One way to hold this word: a donkey standing on the road with a load on its back.
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ass · donkey (old word)
nounOne way to hold this word: a donkey standing on the road with a load on its back. It can walk. It has decided not to. You pull, it stays. English has used that picture about people for a very long time — not someone who cannot understand, but someone whose stubborn, behaviour leaves everyone else stuck.
From the word’s history
Wiktionary traces this ass to Old English assa, ultimately from Latin asinus, and notes that the 'stupid person' use goes back to antiquity, where Latin asinus already meant a slow-witted person.
根據 Wiktionary，這個 ass 來自古英語 assa，最終源頭是拉丁文 asinus（驢子）。同一份資料也指出，用驢子罵人這件事很早就有了：拉丁文的 asinus 本身就能指反應慢的人。
Wiktionary, "ass" (etymology 1)
ass · bottom, backside (rude)
noun, adjective, particleA different word that happens to be spelled the same. One way to hold it: the part at the back of you that meets the chair. American speech keeps reaching for it, because it is the part that moves first when somebody is pushed, pulled or called over — so it ends up standing for the whole person, and then for how bad a thing is.
From the word’s history
Wiktionary records this ass as a variant of arse used chiefly in North America, from Old English ærs, and notes it arose as a pronunciation spelling rather than as a polite substitute.
根據 Wiktionary，這個 ass 是 arse 的變體，主要用在北美，往上追到古英語 ærs。同一份資料還特別註明：它不是為了避諱才出現的委婉說法，而是照著念法拼出來的寫法。
Wiktionary, "ass" (etymology 2)
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