bougar

发音

UK /ˈbuːɡə/
UK /ˈbuːɡɑː/
US /ˈbuɡɚ/

词形变化

bougars 复数 bougars

别名

booger boggar buggar bugger

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A rafter or cross spar of a roof especially of a cottage.

词源

Borrowed from Scots bougar, from Middle Scots bougar, bouger, bowgar (“a cross-spar in a roof”), of obscure origin; perhaps representing Old English *bogagār (“arched beam”), from boga (“bow, arch”) + gār (“spear”), with the vocalism later being influenced by Middle Scots bow (“to bow, bend”). However, the supposed semantic development of gār is strained even with the parallels of Old English nafugār (“auger”) and Old Norse geirr (“point of an anvil”).

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