darn

• v. 織補，縫補
• n. 織補

1.織補，來自PIE*dher, 固定，支撐，詞源同endure, firm. 引申詞義織補。

2.該死的，來自damn的委婉語。

darn

darn: English has two distinct words darn. The verb ‘mend with stitches’ [16] may come ultimately from an Old English verb diernan ‘hide’, a derivative of the adjective dierne ‘secret’, which in turn was descended from West Germanic *darnjaz. Darn the mild curse [18], which arose in American English, is usually taken to be a euphemistic alteration of damn, although it has been suggested, not very plausibly, that it too came from dern, the modern English descendant of Old English dierne, in the sense ‘dark, dreary’.

darn (v.)

"to mend" c. 1600, perhaps from Middle French darner "mend," from darne "piece," from Breton darn "piece, fragment, part." Alternative etymology is from obsolete dern (see dern). Related: Darned; darning.

darn (interj.)

tame curse word, 1781, American English euphemism for damn, said to have originated in New England when swearing was a punishable offense; if so, its spread was probably influenced by 'tarnal, short for Eternal, as in By the Eternal (God), favorite exclamation of Andrew Jackson, among others (see tarnation). Related: darned (past participle adjective, 1806); darndest (superlative, 1844).

1. I know how to darn, and how to sew a button on.

我會打補丁，縫紐扣。

來自柯林斯例句

2. There's not a darn thing he can do about it.

他對此根本無能為力。

來自柯林斯例句

3. We start working pretty darn early.

我們一大早就開始工作。

來自柯林斯例句

4. "Move!" she cried. "Don't be so darn poky!"

“動起來！”她叫道：“別這麽慢吞吞的！”

來自柯林斯例句

5. Why don't you switch the darn thing off and listen to me!

把那討厭的東西關掉，專心聽我講話好不好！

來自《權威詞典》