darn
verb /dɑːn/
/dɑːrn/
[transitive, intransitive]动词形式
Idioms present simple I / you / we / they darn | /dɑːn/ /dɑːrn/ |
he / she / it darns | /dɑːnz/ /dɑːrnz/ |
past simple darned | /dɑːnd/ /dɑːrnd/ |
past participle darned | /dɑːnd/ /dɑːrnd/ |
-ing form darning | /ˈdɑːnɪŋ/ /ˈdɑːrnɪŋ/ |
- darn (something) to repair a hole in a piece of clothing by sewing stitches across the hole
织补;缝补 - to darn socks
补袜子
Collocations DictionaryDarn is used with these nouns as the object:- sock
词源verb early 17th cent.: perhaps from dialect dern ‘to hide’, which is from Old English diernan, of West Germanic origin; compare with Middle Dutch dernen ‘stop holes in (a dyke)’. - to darn socks
Idioms
darn it!
- (informal, especially North American English) used as a mild swear word to show that you are angry or annoyed about something, to avoid saying ‘damn’
见鬼,真气人,真糟糕(婉辞,与 damn 同义) - Darn it! I've lost my keys!
真见鬼,我的钥匙丢了!
- Darn it! I've lost my keys!
I’ll be darned!
- (informal, especially North American English) used to show that you are surprised about something
(表示吃惊)真没想到,真叫我吃惊 - Well, I’ll be darned! They knew about it all the time!
好吧,我真该死!他们一直都知道这件事!
- Well, I’ll be darned! They knew about it all the time!