lad
名词 n.
英文释义
名词 n.
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A boy or young man.
— How great is that danger, to which poor lads are now exposed, when placed on shipboard to learn the art of sailing! Five lads, training up for the seas, were now on board this ship; […]
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A hedonistic or irresponsible young man; A Jack the lad.
— I think he reckons he’s a bit of a lad.
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A familiar term of address for a young man.
— Come here, lad, and help me shift these boxes.
- A groom who works with horses.
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The penis.
— — The lad stood to attention anyhow, he said with a sigh. She's a gamey mare and no mistake.
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A scammer.
— [...] regardless whether you feel the lads may deserve to be subjected to those types of images.
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bad-lad split
booking lad
currency lad
feller-me-lad
fellermelad
fellow me lad
fellow-me-lad
flat lad
follow-me-lad
Goodlad
head lad
lad culture
laddie
laddish
laddism
laddock
laddy
ladette
ladhood
ladkin
ladlit
lad lit
lad mag
lad of wax
lad's love
ladsy
lavender lad
likely lad
mad lad
merlad
new lad
signal lad
tits out for the lads
Yule lad
词源
Etymology tree
Middle English ladde
English lad
From Middle English ladde (“foot soldier, servant; male commoner; boy”), from late Old English *ladda (attested in Old English personal byname Ladda), probably of North Germanic origin. Compare Old Norse ladd (“hose, woolen stocking; sock”), which may have undergone semantic shift to mean a term of abuse (e.g. foolish youth, youngster of lower social status, etc.); thence by connotative amelioration coming to mean any young fellow. Compare Norwegian ladd (“rough sock, woolen or felt slipper”) and the -ladd in compounds Askeladd/Askeladden (a nickname in fairy tales, "Ash Lad") and tusseladd (“nincompoop”). See also Swedish ladder (“old shoes”), lodde (“Frisian shoe”), lädder (“socks”), all said to be related to Old Norse loðinn (“hairy, shaggy, woolly”), loddi (“shaggy dog”).
Middle English ladde
English lad
From Middle English ladde (“foot soldier, servant; male commoner; boy”), from late Old English *ladda (attested in Old English personal byname Ladda), probably of North Germanic origin. Compare Old Norse ladd (“hose, woolen stocking; sock”), which may have undergone semantic shift to mean a term of abuse (e.g. foolish youth, youngster of lower social status, etc.); thence by connotative amelioration coming to mean any young fellow. Compare Norwegian ladd (“rough sock, woolen or felt slipper”) and the -ladd in compounds Askeladd/Askeladden (a nickname in fairy tales, "Ash Lad") and tusseladd (“nincompoop”). See also Swedish ladder (“old shoes”), lodde (“Frisian shoe”), lädder (“socks”), all said to be related to Old Norse loðinn (“hairy, shaggy, woolly”), loddi (“shaggy dog”).
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