Sod



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 草地, 草坪
• ［英］ n. 草地, 草坪 ( a piece of earth with grass and roots growing in it)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German sode; akin to Old Frisian sātha sod
• Date: 15th century
• 1. turf 1; also the grass- and forb-covered surface of the ground
• 2. one's native land

II. transitive verb (sodded; sodding)

• Date: 1653
• to cover with sod or turfs

III. noun

• Etymology: short for sodomite
• Date: 1818
• chiefly British bugger <if I ever find the sod I'll kill him — John Le Carré><he's not a bad little sod taken by and large — Noel Coward>

IV. transitive verb

• Date: 1904
• chiefly British damn 2

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