toad

名词 n. 动词 v.
/təʊd/    /toʊd/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An amphibian, a kind of frog (order Anura) with shorter hindlegs and a drier, wartier skin, many in family Bufonidae.
    — Shortly he heard the trolls coming. They had a fiddler with them, and some began dancing, while others fell to eating the Christmas fare on the table - some fried bacon, and some fried frogs and toads, and other nasty things which they had brought with them.
  2. A contemptible or unpleasant person. derogatory
  3. An ugly person. derogatory
动词 v.
  1. To expel (a user) permanently from a MUD or similar system, so that their account is deleted. Internet,informal,transitive

词形变化

toads plural tode alternative,obsolete twoad alternative,archaic,dialectal toads present,singular,third-person toading participle,present toaded participle,past toaded past tode alternative,obsolete twoad alternative,archaic,dialectal

词源

词源 1
From Middle English tode, toode, tadde, tade, from Old English *tāde, a shortened variant of Old English tādie, tādiġe (“toad”).
Cognate with Scots tade, taid, taed, ted (“toad”). Compare also Danish tudse (“toad”), possibly originally from the same prehistoric root; also Swedish tåssa, tossa (“toad”), Old English tāxe (“toad”), Old English tosca (“toad”) by contrast.
词源 2
From Middle English tode, toode, tadde, tade, from Old English *tāde, a shortened variant of Old English tādie, tādiġe (“toad”).
Cognate with Scots tade, taid, taed, ted (“toad”). Compare also Danish tudse (“toad”), possibly originally from the same prehistoric root; also Swedish tåssa, tossa (“toad”), Old English tāxe (“toad”), Old English tosca (“toad”) by contrast.
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