irk

vt. 使厌倦, 使苦恼

发音

UK /ɜːk/
US /ɝk/

词形变化

irks 复数 irks irked irketh irking irks 三单 irking 现在分词 irked 过去式 irked 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An annoyance.

v.
  1. 1.

    to irritate; annoy; bother

    及物

    It irks me doing all this work and have someone wreck it.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 1

gall

上位词 1

anger

词源

Inherited from Middle English irken (“to tire, grow weary”), from Old Norse yrkja (“to work”), from Proto-Germanic *wurkijaną (“to work”), from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- (“to work”). Cognate with Icelandic yrkja (“to compose”), Swedish yrka (“to urge, argue”), Old English wyrċan (“to work”). Doublet of work.

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