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A piece of ground covered in grass, cut flat with its roots and soil still attached — used for making new lawns (also called "turf"). Separately, in British English, "sod" is a mild, slightly rude slang word for an person, or used in the phrase "sod it" to show , similar to a soft swear word.
草皮；(英式俚語,稍粗俗)討厭鬼、表示不爽的用語
原始詞典資料19 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。
sodnoun詞源 1/sɒd/
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The stratum of the surface of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass, or any portion of that surface; turf; sward.
- She there shall dress a sweeter sod / Than Fancy's feet have ever trod.
- They are said to celebrate there every returning spring a great nocturnal festival. On the sod at its brink is spread a table-cloth white as the driven snow, covered with the most delicious viands.
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Turf grown and cut specifically for the establishment of lawns.
- The landscapers rolled sod onto the bare earth and made a presentable lawn by nightfall.
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A piece of this.
- In Walachia, green sods are laid on the window-sills and on the lintels of the doors to avert the uncanny crew [i.e. witches].
sodverb詞源 1/sɒd/
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To cover with sod.
- He sodded the worn areas twice a year.
- The innermore walls were sod inlayed with roots from trees, plants and weeds.
sodnoun詞源 2/sɒd/
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vulgardatedSodomite; bugger.
- The Empire, in particular, was always thick with sods: they strolled side-by-side with the gay girls of the promenade, or stood, in little knots, exchanging gossip, comparing fortunes, greeting one another with flapping hands and high, extravagant voices.
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derogatoryslangA person; often qualified with an adjective.
- You mean old sod!
- poor sod
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vulgarAny trifling amount, a bugger, a damn, a jot.
- I don’t care a sod.
sodintj詞源 2/sɒd/
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vulgarexpression of annoyance.
- 'Well, I'm afraid we're going to keep you waiting for a bit.' 'Oh sod,' said Fathers. 'I'm behind enough with everything as it is. How long, do you think ?'
sodverb詞源 2/sɒd/
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vulgarslangBugger; sodomize.
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vulgarslangDamn, curse, confound.
- Sod him!/Sod it!/Sod that bastard!
sodadj詞源 3/sɒd/
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obsoleteBoiled.
- Beer, if it be over-new, or over-stale, over-strong, or not sod,[…]is most unwholesome, frets, and galls, etc.
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Sodden; incompletely risen.
- sod damper
sodnoun詞源 3/sɒd/
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A damper (bread) which has failed to rise, remaining a flat lump.
- And Mart the cook the shovel took / And swung the damper to and fro. / 'Another sod, so help me God, / That's fourteen in a flamin' row.
sodnoun詞源 4/sɒd/
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The rock dove.
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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。