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Drat is a small, old-fashioned way to show you are — a very mild “oh no” when you drop something or miss the bus. It can stand alone (Drat!) or work like a verb (Drat this rain). It began as a swear: people used to say something much stronger, close to “God rot,” then it and hid the sharp religious bit so it would not sound like real swearing. Though actually, almost nobody young says drat now. You will meet it in children’s books, in older British speech, and when someone is being old-fashioned. It is polite enough for a classroom.
可惡、真是的(語氣很輕的抱怨,偏舊)
組成A shortened, softened form of od-rat, itself a milder stand-in for “God rot” — the strong religious swear is hidden on purpose.
同家族的字
- drattedthe adjective form, same mild annoyance
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
dratverb/dɹæt/
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To damn or curse.
- Drat you and your evil schemes!
- Whereat Mr. Fussy Fumer, gravely displeased, hastens home and writes an anonymous letter to Mrs. Gamp, who joins him in dratting the 'imperent upstart,' and denouncing the incompetence of the police.
dratintj/dɹæt/
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Expressing anger, annoyance or frustration.
- Drat! I forgot to post these letters.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。