fudge

• n. 軟糖；胡說；謊話
• vt. 捏造；粗製濫造；回避
• vi. 逃避責任；欺騙；蒙混
• int. 胡說八道！
• n. (Fudge)人名；(英)富奇

詞源不詳。可能來自17世紀真實存在的Captain Fudge, 每次出海總會帶回一籮筐的謊言，回避老板和同事的問題，因此，其名字通用化成為胡扯瞎說的代名詞。後也用來指一種軟糖。

fudge

fudge: [17] Fudge the verb, ‘evade’, probably comes from an earlier fadge, which meant ‘fake, deceive’, and hence ‘adjust, fit’, and this in turn probably goes back to a Middle English noun fage ‘deceit’ – but where fage came from is not clear. Fudge as the name of a type of toffee, which is first recorded in the late 19th century, may be a different use of the same word – perhaps originally ‘toffee “cooked up” or “bodged up” in an impromptu manner’.

fudge (n.2)

"nonsense, rubbish," (1791), earlier and more usually as a contemptuous interjection, "lies! nonsense!" Probably a natural extension from fudge (v.) "put together clumsily or dishonestly," q.v. But Farmer suggests provincial French fuche, feuche, "an exclamation of contempt from Low German futsch = begone."

fudge (v.)

"put together clumsily or dishonestly," by 1771 (perhaps from 17c.); perhaps an alteration of fadge "make suit, fit" (1570s), a verb of unknown origin. The verb fudge later had an especial association with sailors and log books. The traditional story of the origin of the interjection fudge "lies! nonsense!" (1766; see fudge (n.2)) traces it to a sailor's retort to anything considered lies or nonsense, from Captain Fudge, "who always brought home his owners a good cargo of lies" [Isaac Disraeli, 1791, citing a pamphlet from 1700]. It seems there really was a late 17c. Captain Fudge, called "Lying Fudge," and perhaps his name reinforced this form of fadge in the sense of "contrive without the necessary materials." The surname is from Fuche, a pet form of the masc. proper name Fulcher, from Germanic and meaning literally "people-army."

fudge (n.1)

type of confection, 1895, American English, apparently a word first used among students at women's colleges; perhaps a special use from fudge (v.) or its noun derivative, via the notion of "insubstantial" or of something "faked-up" on the spot. The verb was used in school slang, and compare fudge (n.) "a made-up story" (1797).

'He lies,' answered Lord Etherington, 'so far as he pretends I know of such papers. I consider the whole story as froth -- foam, fudge, or whatever is most unsubstantial. ...' [Scott, "St. Ronan's Well," 1823]

1. This solution is a fudge rushed in to win cheers at the party conference.

這個解決方案是為了贏得黨的會議的讚譽而倉促搞出來的表麵文章。

來自《權威詞典》

2. I've got a good recipe for fudge.

我有一套做奶油軟糖的好方法.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. Oh fudge, she says they can't come.

哦,胡說, 她說他們不能來.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》

4. I want you to take Mrs. GIoop up to the Fudge Room, okay?

我想讓你帶格魯普女士帶到軟糖車間, 好 嗎 ?

來自電影對白

5. Cancer knits sweaters and makes fudge for the neighborhood.

巨蟹座會為鄰居織毛衣或者自製巧克力.

來自互聯網