firk

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A stroke; lash.
  2. A freak; trick; quirk. UK,dialectal,obsolete
    — firk o' law
动词 v.
  1. To carry away or about; carry; move. obsolete,transitive
  2. To drive away. obsolete,transitive
    — I'll fer him, and firk him, and ferret him.
  3. To rouse; raise up. obsolete,transitive
  4. To move quickly; go off or fly out suddenly; turn out. intransitive,obsolete
    — A wench is a rare bait, with which a man / No sooner's taken but he straight firks mad.

词形变化

firks present,singular,third-person firking participle,present firked participle,past firked past ferk alternative firks plural ferk alternative firks plural ferk alternative

词源

词源 1
From Middle English firken, ferken (“to proceed, hasten”), from Old English fercian (“to bring, assist, support, carry, conduct, convey, proceed”), from Proto-West Germanic *farikōn, frequentative of Proto-Germanic *faraną (“to travel, fare”). Akin to Old English faran (“to fare, go”), English fare; if so, equivalent to fare + -k. Cognate with Old High German fuora (“benefit, sustenance, support”), Swabian fergen, ferken (“to bring, dispatch”).
词源 2
Probably an alteration of freak.
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