Darn



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 织补衣物
• ［英］ v. 织补衣物 ( mend a garment by passing a thread through)

Webster Collegiate

I. verb

• Etymology: perhaps from French dialect darner
• Date: circa 1600
• transitive verb
  • 1. to mend with interlacing stitches
  • 2. to embroider by filling in with long running or interlacing stitches
• intransitive verb
  • to do darning
• ? darner noun

II. noun

• Date: 1720
• a place that has been darned <a sweater full of darns>

III. adjective or adverb also durn

• Etymology: euphemism
• Date: 1781
• damned

IV. verb also durn

• Date: 1781
• damn
• ? darned also durned adjective or adverb

V. noun also durn

• Date: 1840
• damn

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