中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 驴，傻瓜，笨蛋，屁股
1词源 1
演变路径（由近及远）
词源说明
From Middle English asse, from Old English assa, back-formed from assen (“she-ass”), from Celtic (compare Old Irish asan, Old Cornish asen), from Latin asinus. Displaced Old English esol, from Proto-West Germanic *asil, also a loanword from the same Latin word. Sense “stupid person” from the animal's reputation for stubbornness, going back to antiquity (compare Latin asinus (“slow-witted person”)).
释义（英文）
名词 Noun
- Any of several species of horselike animals, especially Equus asinus, the domesticated of which are used as beasts of burden.
- (now often vulgar from conflation with etymology 2, noun sense 1) A stupid or inconsiderate person.
- (printing, slang, obsolete) A compositor.