chuck
英 [tʃʌk]
美 [tʃʌk]
- n. [機] 卡盤；撫弄；趕走；咯咯聲；恰克（人名）
- vt. 丟棄，拋擲；驅逐；輕拍
- vi. 咯咯叫
助記提示
1. Onomatopoeic dialect term for chicken, imitative of a hen's cluck.
2. chick => chuck.
3. chock => chuck.
4. chunk => chuck.
5. 諧音“卡殼”。
中文詞源
chuck 扔來自chock拚寫變體。模仿大塊物件落地的聲音。
英文詞源
- chuck (v.1)
- "to throw," 1590s, variant of chock "give a blow under the chin" (1580s), possibly from French choquer "to shock, strike against," imitative (see shock (n.1)). Related: Chucked; chucking.
- chuck (n.1)
- "piece of wood or meat," 1670s, probably a variant of chock (n.) "block." "Chock and chuck appear to have been originally variants of the same word, which are now somewhat differentiated" [OED]. Specifically of shoulder meat from early 18c. American English chuck wagon (1880) is from the meat sense.
Chock and Chuck, Are low terms, very frequently used before full,--as the coach was chock full of passengers. The house was chuck full. [Daniel Powers, "A Grammar on an Entirely New System," West Brookfield, 1845]
- chuck (n.2)
- "slight blow under the chin," 1610s, from chuck (v.1). Meaning "a toss, a throw" is from 1862. Related: Chucked; chucking.
雙語例句
- 1. You cannot chuck money away on little luxuries like that.
- 你不該把錢浪費在那種小奢侈品上。
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- 2. Chuck would lecture me, telling me to get a haircut.
- 查克就會數落我，讓我去理一下發。
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- 3. Sometimes I'd like to chuck it all and go fishing.
- 有時候，我真想辭職不幹了去釣魚。
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- 4. Her parents are going to chuck her out on the street.
- 她父母要把她攆到大街上去。
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- 5. The man extended his hand: "I'm Chuck".
- 那名男子伸出手說道：“我是查克。”
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