Fag



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.苦干; n.苦工
• ［英］ v.苦干 ( to work hard and become very tired) ; n.苦工 ( a menial worker; drudge)
• ［记］ fag=fact ( 做, g=ct, 在词根中意义一致, 如tag=tact)
• ［例］ We fagged at the job for hours.

Webster Collegiate

I. verb (fagged; fagging)

• Etymology: perhaps from obsolete fag to droop, from fag fag end
• Date: 1772
• intransitive verb
  • to work hard ; toil
• transitive verb
  • to tire by strenuous activity ; exhaust <fagged by the strenuous climb>
• Synonyms: see tire

II. noun

• Date: 1780
• 1. chiefly British toil, drudgery
• 2. drudge 1

III. noun

• Etymology: probably short for faggot
• Date: 1785
• an English public-school boy who acts as servant to an older schoolmate

IV. intransitive verb

• Date: 1806
• to serve as a fag especially in an English public school <fagging for older boys during his first year>

V. noun

• Etymology: fag end
• Date: circa 1888
• cigarette

VI. noun

• Date: 1921
• usually disparaging faggot
• ? faggy adjective, usually disparaging

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