bastard
英 ['bɑ?st?d; 'b?st-]
美 ['b?st?d]
- adj. 私生的
- n. 私生子
- n. (Bastard)人名；(法)巴斯塔爾；(英、德、羅)巴斯塔德
助記提示
bastard 雜種,私生子 beast 野獸 (bast ← beast)
中文詞源
bastard 雜種bast, 馬鞍，來自詞根fasc, 編織，同basket. 來自舊時行旅中馬鞍常作為臨時地鋪，即露水婚姻所生，私生子。-ard, 人，作貶義，由hard衍生后綴。
英文詞源
- bastard
- bastard: [13] The idea underlying the word bastard appears to be that of a child born of an impromptu sexual encounter on an improvised bed, for it seems to echo Old French fils de bast, literally ‘packsaddle son’, that is, one conceived on a packsaddle pillow. If this is the case, the word goes back to medieval Latin bastum ‘packsaddle’, whose ultimate source was Greek bastázein ‘carry’; this passed via Old French bast, later bat, into late Middle English as bat, which now survives only in batman [18].
The derived form is first found in medieval Latin as bastardus, and this reached English via Old French bastard. Its modern usage as a general term of abuse dates from the early 19th century.
=> batman - bastard (n.)
- "illegitimate child," early 13c., from Old French bastard (11c., Modern French batard), "acknowledged child of a nobleman by a woman other than his wife," probably from fils de bast "packsaddle son," meaning a child conceived on an improvised bed (saddles often doubled as beds while traveling), with pejorative ending -art (see -ard). Alternative possibly is that the word is from Proto-Germanic *banstiz "barn," equally suggestive of low origin.
Not always regarded as a stigma; the Conqueror is referred to in state documents as "William the Bastard." Figurative sense of "something not pure or genuine" is late 14c.; use as a vulgar term of abuse for a man is attested from 1830. As an adjective from late 14c. Among the "bastard" words in Halliwell-Phillipps' "Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words" are avetrol, chance-bairn, by-blow, harecoppe, horcop, and gimbo ("a bastard's bastard").
雙語例句
- 1. Life can be a real bastard at times.
- 有時生活會變得麻煩多多。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He's a real bastard.
- 他是個十足的惡棍。
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. He was never concerned about being born a bastard.
- 他從不介意自己是私生子.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. He was a real bastard.
- 他是個十足的混蛋.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. I had to go early 'cos it's a bastard to get your motor out of the car park.
- 我得早點走，因為從停車場取車麻煩得要死。
來自柯林斯例句