carl

FREQ #2153

发音

UK /kɑːl/
其它
US /kɑɹl̩/
SCOT /kɑrəl/

词形变化

carls 复数 carls carled carls 三单 carling 现在分词 carled 过去式 carled 过去分词

别名

kerl carle

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A rude, rustic man; a churl.

  2. 2.

    A stingy person; a niggard.

    苏格兰 废旧
v.
  1. 1.

    To snarl; to talk grumpily or gruffly.

    不及物 废旧

    […] full of ache, sorrow, and grief, children again, dizzards, they carle many times as they sit, and talk to themselves, they are angry, waspish, displeased with everything […]

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词源

From Middle English carl, from Old English carl, a borrowing from Old Norse karl (“man, husband”), from Proto-Germanic *karilaz. Doublet of ceorl, churl, and karl.

来源:wiktionary