Darn
[dɑːn] or [dɑrn]
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To mend as a rent or hole, with interlacing stitches of yarn or thread by means of a needle; to sew together with yarn or thread.
(n.) A place mended by darning.
(v. t.) A colloquial euphemism for Damn.
整理:彼得
解釋/意思:
v.i. a minced form of damn.
v.t. to mend a hole by imitating the texture of the stuff.—n. the place darned.—n. Darn′ing-needle.
塞西莉整理
例句/造句/用法:
- When the little figure had vanished in the darkness the reddleman returned, resumed his seat by the fire, and proceeded to darn again. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- Darn me if I couldn't eat em, said the man, with a threatening shake of his head, and if I han't half a mind to't! 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- Well, I'm darned! 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- Moreover, as he darned he smoked a pipe, the stem and bowl of which were red also. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- She darned the old suit in tears. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Those coming up from the ranks are a darned sight better than the others. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- While he darned the stocking his face became rigid with thought. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- Then she hadn't so much as a darned stocking or a cleaned pair of gloves in all her wardrobe. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- Right enough, as long as we're in the open sea, retorted Martin gloomily, but Lord help us if we touch any of them darned reefs. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- I should like to know what Charlotte says about it as she sits darning her cotton stockings on a Saturday night. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- It flew open, and there he stood in his dressing gown, with a big blue sock on one hand and a darning needle in the other. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- The German gentlemen embroider, I know, but darning hose is another thing and not so pretty. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- You must keep as much of your darning as you can till then. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- He was darning a stocking, which was red like the rest of him. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- So I have got his things in order, and knit heels into two pairs of the socks, for they were boggled out of shape with his queer darns. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
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