frosh

n. 大学(或中学)一年级生

发音

UK /ˈfɹɒʃ/
UK /ˈfɹʷɒ̟ʃ/
AU /ˈfɹɔʃ/
AU /ˈfɹʷɔ̟ʃ/
US /ˈfɹɔʃ/
/ˈfɹɑʃ/
/ˈfɹʷɑʃ/
/ˈfɹɒʃ/
/ˈfɹʰɒʃ/

词形变化

froshes 复数 froshed froshes 三单 froshes froshing froshing 现在分词 froshed 过去式 froshed 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A frog.

    方言
  2. 1.

    A first-year student, at certain universities, and a first-or-second-year student at other universities.

    非正式

    The frosh are really getting on my nerves!

  3. 2.

    Ellipsis of frosh week.

    非正式
v.
  1. 1.

    To initiate academic freshmen, notably in a testing way.

    俚语 及物

    This campus does not tolerate froshing in any form.

  2. 2.

    To damage through incompetence.

    俚语 及物

    Trying to open my car door with a coat hanger, I froshed the mechanism.

相关短语

frosh week frosh weeks

词源

From Middle English frossh, frosch, from Old English frosc, from Proto-Germanic *fruskaz (“frog”), from Proto-Indo-European *prew- (“to jump, hop”). Cognate with West Frisian froask (“frog”), Dutch vors (“frog”), German Frosch (“frog”), Norwegian frosk (“frog”), Icelandic froskur (“frog”). Doublet of frosk; more at frog.

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