gag
英 [gæg]
美 [gæg]
- vt. 塞住…的口；鉗製…的言論；使窒息
- vi. 插科打諢；窒息；作嘔
- n. 塞口物；討論終結；箝製言論
- n. (Gag)人名；(英)加格
助記提示
1. 該詞是擬聲詞，模擬被噎住、嗆住、窒息時發出的聲音。
2. => choke, strangle.
4. 嘴巴、喉嚨被堵住、阻塞時發出的聲音。
5. 諧音“卡口、卡殼” ---- *kak- => gag.
6. choke => gag.
7. 象形：在兩個字母g之間插入一個字母a將其堵住、塞住。在哥哥(gg)的嘴裏塞一個(a)東西將他的嘴堵住。
8. 模擬嘴巴被塞住後隻能發出“嘎嘎、嘎嘎”的那種聲音。
9. gag: http://9gag.com/
10. 由插入東西在嘴裏，引申為插入一些笑料進來、穿插一些笑話進來等。
11. 搞gag、爛gag、冷gag、gag man、gag woman，韓國綜藝：《Gag Concert》。
中文詞源
英文詞源
- gag
- gag: [15] Middle English gaggen meant ‘strangle, suffocate’, so the word started out with strong connotations that seem to have become submerged in local dialects as it came to be used more commonly in the milder sense ‘obstruct someone’s mouth’. In the 20th century, however, they have re-emerged in the intransitive sense ‘choke’. It is not clear how the 19th-century noun sense ‘joke’ is connected, if at all. As for the word’s source, it is generally said to have originated as an imitation of someone retching or choking.
- gag (v.)
- mid-15c., transitive, "to choke, strangle" (someone), possibly imitative and perhaps influenced by Old Norse gag-hals "with head thrown back." The sense of "stop a person's mouth by thrusting something into it" is first attested c. 1500. Intransitive sense of "to retch" is from 1707. Transitive meaning "cause to heave with nausea" is from 1945. Related: Gagged; gagging.
- gag (n.2)
- "a joke," 1863, especially a practical joke, probably related to theatrical sense of "matter interpolated in a written piece by the actor" (1847); or from the sense "made-up story" (1805); or from slang verbal sense of "to deceive, take in with talk" (1777), all of which perhaps are from gag (v.) on the notion of "to stuff, fill" (see gag (v.)). Gagster "comedian" is by 1932.
- gag (n.1)
- "something thrust into the mouth or throat to prevent speaking," 1550s, from gag (v.); figurative use, "violent or authoritative repression of speech," is from 1620s. Gag-law in reference to curbs on freedom of the press is from 1798, American English. The gag-rule that blocked anti-slavery petitions in the U.S. House of Representatives was in force from 1836 to 1844.
雙語例句
- 1. His captors had put a gag of thick leather in his mouth.
- 劫持者用一塊厚厚的皮革堵住了他的嘴。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Each gag was rewarded with a generous belly-laugh.
- 每一次插科打諢都引來一陣開懷大笑。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. They tied him up and put a gag on him.
- 他們把他綁起來並用布堵住了他的嘴.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. The robbers rammed the gag in her mouth.
- 強盜用力將堵嘴物塞進她口中.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. The gang tied up the security guard and put a gag in his mouth.
- 那幫歹徒把保安人員捆綁起來,然後把他的嘴堵住.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》