喜樂美語

From the word’s history

From Middle English noughti 'evil, wicked', from nought 'evil' + -y; naught + -y.

源自中古英文 noughti「邪惡的」，等於 naught 加 -y。

Wiktionary

Picture a child who knows the rule and steps over the line anyway — nothing dangerous, nobody hurt, just clearly out of bounds. That small, half-amused crossing of a line is what naughty keeps pointing at, whoever is doing it.

可以想成一個小孩明明知道規矩，還是踩過了那條線：不是什麼大事，也沒有人受傷，就是「你不該這樣」的那種越界。naughty 講的多半是這種輕量級的違規，語氣裡常還帶著好笑或無奈，不是真的在譴責。

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同家族的字

  • 名詞naughtiness
  • 副詞naughtily

naughtier naughtiest

原始詞典資料5 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。

naughtyadj/ˈnɔːti/

  • 1

    Mischievous; tending to misbehave or act badly (especially of a child).

    • Some naughty boys at school hid the teacher's lesson notes.
  • 2

    Sexually provocative; now in weakened sense, risqué, cheeky.

    • I bought some naughty lingerie for my honeymoon.
    • If I see you send another naughty email to your friends, you will be forbidden from using the computer!
  • 3

    informalDecadent, had as indulgence, especially an unhealthy one.

    • You knew I had to include at least one naughty chocolate smoothie, didn't you?!
  • 4

    archaicEvil, wicked, morally reprehensible.

    • my proneſſe to ſinne, and naughty appetites and desires, woulde drawe me headlong to the pitte of hell
    • […]How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
  • 5

    obsoleteBad, worthless, substandard.

    • In Cornwall is two speches, the one is naughty Englysshe, and the other is Cornysshe speche.
    • One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.

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