A dirk is a short, heavy, pointed knife that Scottish Highlanders used as a weapon in the past. It was worn on the person, often with traditional dress, and it was for close fighting, not for the kitchen. You meet the word in museums, history, and stories about Scotland. It is not the word for a knife in a modern drawer.

a dirka dirk(蘇格蘭短劍) is a short, heavy, pointed knife是一種短的、厚重的、尖頭的刀 that Scottish Highlanders used as a weapon in the past蘇格蘭高地人過去把它當作武器使用。it was worn on the person它會配戴在身上, often with traditional dress常常搭配傳統服裝, and it was for close fighting, not for the kitchen是用來近身格鬥的,不是廚房用刀。you meet the word in museums, history, and stories about Scotland你會在博物館、歷史,還有蘇格蘭相關的故事裡遇到這個詞。it is not the word for a knife in a modern drawer它不是現代抽屜裡那種刀的說法。

The man’s name Dirk is a different thing that only happens to look the same on the page.

the man's name Dirk is a different thing男生的名字Dirk是完全不同的東西 that only happens to look the same on the page只是剛好在拼字上長得一樣。

Nobody is sure where the knife-word came from. It shows up in Scots in the 1600s as dork, then later as durk; the spelling dirk is the one Dr Johnson put in his dictionary in 1755. People used to say it came from Gaelic, but the Gaelic name for that weapon is biodag, and Gaelic duirc is just the English word borrowed back. Other guesses exist; they are only guesses.

nobody is sure where the knife-word came from沒有人確定這個指刀子的詞是從哪裡來的。it shows up in Scots in the 1600s as dork它在1600年代的蘇格蘭語裡以dork的形式出現, then later as durk後來變成durk; the spelling dirk is the one Dr Johnson put in his dictionary in 1755dirk這個拼法是Dr Johnson(強生博士)在1755年放進他的辭典裡的那個版本。people used to say it came from Gaelic以前有人說它來自蓋爾語, but the Gaelic name for that weapon is biodag但蓋爾語裡那種武器其實叫biodag, and Gaelic duirc is just the English word borrowed back而蓋爾語的duirc只是把英文這個詞借回去而已。other guesses exist還有其他的猜測; they are only guesses但都只是猜測。

The honest origin story is: we do not really know.

the honest origin story is誠實的來源說法就是: we do not really know我們其實不知道。