英语词源
- dern (adj.)
- "secret, hidden" (obsolete), from Old English derne "concealed, secret, dark," from West Germanic *darnjaz (cognates: Old Saxon derni, Old Frisian dern "concealed, dark," Old High German tarni "secret, concealed, veiled").
As a verb, "to conceal," from Old English diernan "to hide." Compare Old High German tarnjan "to conceal, hide;" German Tarnkappe, Tarnhelm "magical cap or helmet which turns the wearer invisible or allows him to assume any form." Related to dark (adj.). French ternir "to tarnish, to dull" apparently is a Germanic loan-word.
权威例句
- 1. Why , they're a dern sight worse'n dead people.
- 唉, 那里比死人还可怕.
- 2. I wouldn't give a dern for spunk - water. "
- 我看仙水一文钱不值? ”
- 3. " Dern'd if I would,'said Huck.
- “ 我才不干呢, ” 哈克说.
- 4. There are precise words and obscure words in mo dern Chinese.
- 现代汉语中,既有精确词语,又有模糊词语.
- 5. I'd druther they was devils a dern sight.
- 我倒情愿他们都是鬼,鬼都比他们好得多.