- 1厭惡、憎恨
To loathe someone or something is to hate them very much — a strong, lasting dislike, not a small “I don’t fancy it”. You can loathe a food, a smell, a job, a kind of behaviour, or a person. “I loathe getting up early” is ordinary and a bit dramatic in a human way; “she loathed him” is heavier. It is stronger than dislike, and a little more personal than hate in some ears, as if the feeling sits in the body. It is not slang, and not only for books; people still say it when they mean it. The th buzzes, like in breathe or this. Grammar: loathe is the verb (I loathe, she loathes, they loathed). The cousin , without the e, is the adjective “unwilling”.
組成From Middle English lothe, from Old English lāþian, from a Germanic verb in the same family as loath. German Leid (sorrow, harm) is a cousin; several northern languages have a reflexive verb from the same root meaning “to be tired of / disgusted”.
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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。
loatheverb/ˈləʊð/
- 1
To detest, hate, or revile (someone or something).
- I loathe scrubbing toilets.
- I absolutely loathe this place.
- 2
obsoleteTo induce or inspire disgust (in a person)
- How heartily he serves me! his face loathes one, But look upon his care, who would not love him?
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