stag

名词 n. 动词 v. 副词 adv.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An adult male deer, especially a red deer and especially one in high adulthood versus a young adult. countable
    — The city recently carried out a deer census, determining there are 313 stags (males), 798 does (females) and 214 fawns (babies) in Nara Park.
  2. A young horse (colt or filly). Scotland,countable
  3. A male turkey: a turkeycock. UK,countable,uncountable
  4. A romping girl; a tomboy. broadly,countable,obsolete
  5. An improperly or late castrated bull or ram – also called a bull seg (see note under ox). countable
  6. An outside irregular dealer in stocks, who is not a member of the exchange. countable
  7. One who applies for the allotment of shares in new projects, with a view to sell immediately at a premium, and not to hold the stock. countable
  8. An unmarried man; a bachelor; a man not accompanying a woman at a social event. attributive,countable,usually
    — a stag dance; a stag party; a stag bar
  9. A social event for men held in honor of a groom on the eve of his wedding, attended by male friends of the groom; sometimes a fundraiser. countable
    — The stag will be held in the hotel's ballroom.
  10. An informer. countable,slang
    — We had two disturbers of the harmony of the ship; I mean two stags or informers, one named Robert Wilson, the other John Hewit, from the north of Ireland.
  11. Guard duty. UK,slang,uncountable
    — Between shifts on stag or manning the radio, we grabbed a few hours sleep.
  12. A stag beetle (family Lucanidae). countable
    — Members of the genus Pasimachus […] can be confused with stag beetles […] but stags have elbowed antennae.
  13. The Eurasian wren, Troglodytes troglodytes. countable
动词 v.
  1. To act as a "stag", an irregular dealer in stocks. UK,intransitive
  2. To watch; to dog, or keep track of. transitive
副词 adv.
  1. Of a man, attending a formal social function without a date. not-comparable
    — My brother went stag to prom because he couldn't find a date.

词形变化

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词源

词源 1
From Middle English stagge, steg, from Old English stagga, stacga (“a stag”) and possibly Old Norse steggi, steggr (“a male animal”), both from Proto-Germanic *staggijô, *staggijaz (“male, male deer, porcupine”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *stegʰ-, *stengʰ- (“to sting; rod, blade; sharp, stiff”). Doublet of steg (“gander”). Cognate with Icelandic steggi, steggur (“tomcat, male fox”). Related to staggard, staggon.
词源 2
From Middle English stagge, steg, from Old English stagga, stacga (“a stag”) and possibly Old Norse steggi, steggr (“a male animal”), both from Proto-Germanic *staggijô, *staggijaz (“male, male deer, porcupine”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *stegʰ-, *stengʰ- (“to sting; rod, blade; sharp, stiff”). Doublet of steg (“gander”). Cognate with Icelandic steggi, steggur (“tomcat, male fox”). Related to staggard, staggon.
词源 3
From Middle English stagge, steg, from Old English stagga, stacga (“a stag”) and possibly Old Norse steggi, steggr (“a male animal”), both from Proto-Germanic *staggijô, *staggijaz (“male, male deer, porcupine”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *stegʰ-, *stengʰ- (“to sting; rod, blade; sharp, stiff”). Doublet of steg (“gander”). Cognate with Icelandic steggi, steggur (“tomcat, male fox”). Related to staggard, staggon.
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