arse: [OE] Arse is a word of considerable antiquity, and its relatives are found practically from end to end of the geographical range of the Indo-European language family, from Old Irish err ‘tail’ in the west to Armenian or ‘rump’. Its Indo-European source was *órsos, which produced the Germanic form *arsaz: hence German arsch, Dutch aars, and, via Old English ?rs, English arse.
The euphemistic American spelling ass appears to be as recent as the 1930s, although there is one isolated (British) record of it from 1860. The term wheatear, for a thrushlike European bird, is an alteration over time of a Middle English epithet ‘white arse’, after its white rump feathers.
arse (n.)
"buttocks," Old English ?rs "tail, rump," from Proto-Germanic *arsoz (cognates: Old Saxon, Old High German, Old Norse ars, Middle Dutch ?rs, German Arsch "buttock"), from PIE root *ors- "buttock, backside" (cognates: Greek orros "tail, rump, base of the spine," Hittite arrash, Armenian or "buttock," Old Irish err "tail"). Middle English had arse-winning "money obtained by prostitution" (late 14c.).
雙語例句
1. Nobody likes a smart arse.
沒有人會喜歡一個自以為是的人。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Have you ever seen such a bunch of self - righteous , arse - covering prigs?
為什么我總是遇到一些自以為是的 飯桶?
來自電影對白
3. I think I can wipe my own arse, Mr. Sugarman, thank you!
我想我能自己搞定,舒格曼先生, 謝謝你!
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
4. I would kiss a man's arse if I needed him.
如果我需要一個人,讓我舔他的屁股也答應(yīng).
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
5. I do not need to be pregnant to kick your arse.