| 释义 |
'strewth vulgar.
Also streuth, strewth, 'strooth, 'struth, struth.
Short for God's truth, used as an oath. See 'S.
1892Kipling Barrack-room Ballads 20 Mad drunk and resisting the Guard—'Strewth, but I socked it them hard! 1913A. J. Rees Merry Marauders ix. 149 'Strooth! he's looked up all our lines. 1915[see king-pin 2]. 1925[see garn int.]. 1933M. Lowry Ultramarine ii. 75 Gawd strewth, you're some fellow, you are! 1938P. Lawlor House of Templemore xvii. 186, I have made a string bookshelf just like you had. Streuth! So you have. 1954A. Seton Katherine xiv. 235 ‘'Struth,’ said Edmund... ‘High time I got me some wife.’ 1975P. G. Winslow Death of Angel iv. 86 Strewth, they've made a mess of this office. 1977Sunday Sun (Brisbane) 30 Jan. 29/1 Struth! What next? says Sam. |