ass
noun /æs/
/æs/
Idioms - (North American English) (British English arse)(taboo, slang) the part of the body that you sit on; your bottom
屁股;腚 - (British English, informal) a stupid person
synonym fool蠢人;笨蛋 - Don't be such an ass!
别那么傻头傻脑的! - I made an ass of myself at the meeting—standing up and then forgetting the question.
我在会议上出了个大洋相,站起来却忘了要问的问题。
- Don't be such an ass!
- (British English, old use) a donkey
驴
词源senses 2 to 3 Old English assa, from a Celtic word related to Welsh asyn, Breton azen, based on Latin asinus.sense 1variant of arse.
Idioms
blow smoke (up somebody’s ass)
- (North American English, taboo, slang) to try to trick somebody or lie to somebody, particularly by saying something is better than it really is
吹牛皮;说大话蒙人
bust your ass (doing something/to do something) (North American English, taboo, slang)
(also bust a gut British and North American English, informal, also North American English, informal bust your butt/chops/hump)
- (informal) to make a great effort to do something
驴 - I busted my ass to get into law school.
我拼了命考上了法学院。 - It’s a problem which nobody is going to bust a gut trying to solve.
没有人会竭尽全力去解决这个问题。 - These guys were busting their butts on the field, trying to excel at athletics.
这些人在赛场上拼尽全力,试图在体育方面出类拔萃。
- I busted my ass to get into law school.
cover your ass (North American English, taboo, slang)
(also cover your back British and North American English, informal)
- to realize that you may be blamed or criticized for something later and take action to avoid this
粉饰污点;防止可预见的指责 - Get everything in writing in order to cover your ass.
把所有的东西都写下来,这样可以保护你的屁股。
- Get everything in writing in order to cover your ass.
get your ass in gear | move your ass (North American English)
(British English get your arse in gear, move your arse )
- (taboo, slang) a rude way of telling somebody to hurry
别磨磨蹭蹭的;赶快 - If you get your ass in gear, we can make it out of here tonight.
如果你准备好了,我们今晚就能离开这里。
- If you get your ass in gear, we can make it out of here tonight.
get your ass over/in here, etc.
- (taboo, North American English, slang) a rude way of telling somebody to come here, etc.
滚过来(或进来等)
kick (some/somebody’s) ass
- (North American English, taboo, slang) to punish or defeat somebody
惩罚,击败(某人)
kiss somebody’s ass; kiss ass (North American English)
(British English kiss somebody’s arse)
- (taboo, slang) to be very nice to somebody in order to persuade them to help you or to give you something
谄媚巴结某人;拍某人马屁;奉承某人
a pain in the ass/butt (North American English, taboo, slang)
(British English, taboo, slang a pain in the arse/backside)
(also a pain in the neck informal)
- a person or thing that is very annoying
极讨厌的人(或事物) - That man's a pain in the ass!
那个人真讨厌!
- That man's a pain in the ass!