英文词源
- scut (n.2)
- term of contempt for a person, 1873, of unknown origin.
- scut (n.1)
- "short, erect tail" (of a rabbit, hare, deer, etc.), 1520s; earlier "a hare" (mid-15c.), perhaps from Old Norse skjota "to shoot (with a weapon), launch, push, shove quickly" (compare Norwegian skudda "to shove, push"), from PIE *skeud- "to shoot, chase, throw" (see shoot (v.)).
实用例句
- 1. Let it do the scut - work.
- 让它做日常工作.
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- 2. The hospital hired him to do scut work.
- 那家医院雇他做侍候人的工作.
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