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单词 son of a bitch
释义

son of a bitchn.int.

Brit. /ˌsʌn əv ə ˈbɪtʃ/, U.S. /ˌsən əv ə ˈbɪtʃ/, /ˈsən əv ə ˌbɪtʃ/
Inflections: Plural sons of bitches.
Forms:

α. 1600s– son of a bitch, 1900s– sonofabitch, 1900s– sonovabitch, 1900s– sonuvabitch, 1900s– sunovabych.

β. 1900s– sonabitch, 1900s– sonna bitch, 1900s– sonnenbitch, 1900s– sonsabitches (plural).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: son n.1, of prep., a pron., bitch n.1
Etymology: < son n.1 + of prep. + a pron. + bitch n.1 Compare son of a —— at son n.1 Phrases 1f. Compare French fils de chienne (1651 in the passage translated in quot. 1665 at sense A. 1a), fils de chien (a1483 in Middle French as filz de chient ). Compare earlier bitch-son n. at bitch n.1 Compounds 3.In β. forms with reduction of the unstressed preposition of (see a prep.2) and omission of the indefinite article.
colloquial. Now chiefly North American.
A. n.
1.
a. As a general term of abuse for a man. Cf. bitch-son n. at bitch n.1 Compounds 3.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > hatred > object of detestation (person or thing) > [noun] > loathsome or unpleasant person
hateful1510
son of a ——?1576
son of a bitch1655
nuisance1661
obnoxity1851
oik1917
knob1920
putz1928
swipe1929
jack-off?1939
jagoff?1939
sumbitch1944
jerko1949
sonofa1950
bloody1960
weeny1964
dick1966
gross-out1966
wank1970
poison ivy1976
jerkwad1980
dickwad1983
dickweed1984
jerkweed1988
knob jockey1989
wankstain1990
ball sack1991
bawbag1999
dicksack1999
1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear vii. 20 One that..art nothing but the composition of a knaue, begger, coward, pander, and the sonne and heire of a mungrell bitch. View more context for this quotation
a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Coxcombe i. i. in Comedies & Trag. (1647) 100/1 They had no mothers, they are the sons of bitches.]
1655 Middlesex Session Rolls (London Metropolitan Archives: MJ/SR/1141) 278 Damaris Dry..to answere Richard Carter Headborough..yt she did..reuile him..Calling him ye sonn of a Bitch, asking him also where ye Bawd his mother was.
1665 J. B. tr. P. Scarron Comical Romance 8 The most cholerick of the two, turning towards the Marker: Son of a Bitch [Fr. Fils de chienne], said he, wherefore didst thou lend my clothes to that Puppet-player?
c1675 Purgatorium Hibernicum (MS. 470, Nat. Libr. Ireland) 69 That cursed son of a bitch there, That ugly, foultool, greasy mitcher.
1702 J. Shirley Triumph of Wit (ed. 4) 215 There stands Jack Ketch, that Son of a Bitch, that owes us all a grudge.
1762 L. Sterne Let. 11 Jan. in Lett. 1739–64 (2009) 222 Phelps is a son of a Bitch for saying I was worse than when I left You for I am ten, nay 15 per Cents better.
1800 J. Sappington in T. Jefferson Notes Virginia 52 Logan's brother..attempted to strike him, saying ‘White man, son of a bitch.’
1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple II. xiv. 243 You burgoo-eating, pea-soup-swilling, trouser-scrubbing son of a bitch.
1929 E. Pound Let. 1 Feb. (1971) 224 The stinking sons-of-bitches who rot the country.
1951 J. D. Salinger Catcher in Rye iii. 30 Boy, I can't stand that sonuvabitch.
1987 A. Miller Timebends (1988) vi. 401 He was not terrible, he was a goddam sonabitch!
1996 C. Higson Getting Rid of Mr Kitchen vi. 71 You really are a pitiless son of a bitch, aren't you?
2010 J. Fielding Wild Zone ix. 101 I say you're a no-good son of a bitch, that's what I say.
b. In neutral or approving contexts: a man, a fellow. Also used as a familiar, friendly, or ironic form of address.With use of 'tis in reference to a person in quot. 1697, compare it pron. 2c.
ΘΚΠ
the world > people > person > man > [noun]
churla800
werec900
rinkeOE
wapmanc950
heOE
wyeOE
gomeOE
ledeOE
seggeOE
shalkOE
manOE
carmanlOE
mother bairnc1225
hemea1250
mother sona1250
hind1297
buck1303
mister mana1325
piecec1325
groomc1330
man of mouldc1330
hathela1350
sire1362
malea1382
fellowa1393
guestc1394
sergeant?a1400
tailarda1400
tulka1400
harlotc1405
mother's sona1470
frekea1475
her1488
masculinea1500
gentlemana1513
horse?a1513
mutton?a1513
merchant1549
child1551
dick1553
sorrya1555
knavea1556
dandiprat1556
cove1567
rat1571
manling1573
bird1575
stone-horse1580
loona1586
shaver1592
slave1592
copemate1593
tit1594
dog1597
hima1599
prick1598
dingle-dangle1605
jade1608
dildoa1616
Roger1631
Johnny1648
boy1651
cod1653
cully1676
son of a bitch1697
cull1698
feller1699
chap1704
buff1708
son of a gun1708
buffer1749
codger1750
Mr1753
he-man1758
fella1778
gilla1790
gloak1795
joker1811
gory1819
covey1821
chappie1822
Charley1825
hombre1832
brother-man1839
rooster1840
blokie1841
hoss1843
Joe1846
guy1847
plug1848
chal1851
rye1851
omee1859
bloke1861
guffin1862
gadgie1865
mug1865
kerel1873
stiff1882
snoozer1884
geezer1885
josser1886
dude1895
gazabo1896
jasper1896
prairie dog1897
sport1897
crow-eater1899
papa1903
gink1906
stud1909
scout1912
head1913
beezer1914
jeff1917
pisser1918
bimbo1919
bozo1920
gee1921
mush1936
rye mush1936
basher1942
okie1943
mugger1945
cat1946
ou1949
tess1952
oke1970
bra1974
muzhik1993
1697 T. D'Urfey Intrigues at Versailles 12 I knew one Gulchen, that us'd to carry Sacks to the Pinnace in our Dock at Rotterdam—just like him, 'tis a good lusty fore-handed well-set Son of a Bitch.
1925 Amer. Speech 1 139/1 Hi, you red-eyed son-of-a-bitch! How's the holy old rough side of your liver this mornin?
1951 E. Paul Springtime in Paris (U.K. ed.) xv. 294 ‘The son of a bitch is crazy,’ said, in soft English, but completely without malice or disapproval.
1958 J. Carew Wild Coast ix. 124 He was a drinking, whoring, kindly savage son-of-a-bitch.
1979 A. Hailey Overload (new ed.) iii. xiii. 258 Besides, the son-of-a-bitch had guts and was honest.
1995 P. Conroy Beach Music (1996) xxvi. 417 Grab the wheel, Mama, because I'm one annulled son of a bitch.
2014 N.Y. Observer (Nexis) 29 Sept. Don't ever change Chris Pratt, you beautiful sonofabitch.
2. As an abusive or (occasionally) admiring term for an animal, esp. a fierce, aggressive, or disobedient one. rare before 20th cent.
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1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 5th Bk. Wks. vii. 30 We saw an overgrown curst mangy Curr with a pair of Heads, a Wolf's Belly, and Claws like the Devil of Hell. The Son of a Bitch was fed with Cost; for he liv'd on a Mulctiplicity of Fine Amonds.
1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle I. viii. 63 These sons of bitches of horses, which I had bought but two days before.
1909 Rep. Appellate Courts Illinois 141 177 The son of a bitch [sc. a dog] he bit me.
1992 Equinox Aug. 76/1 ‘He's a pointy-looking son of a bitch’, says a cowboy, admiring the tan brute.
2011 N.Y. Daily News (Nexis) 4 Feb. 5 That was so much better than having to reach in and let the little sonofabitch [sc. a groundhog] bite you.
3. As a term for a thing, esp. something contemptible or (in later use) something large or impressive; (also) a difficult or unpleasant task or situation. rare before 20th cent.
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1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle I. xxxvi. 276 If so be that son of a bitch of a tree hadn't come athwart my weather-bow [etc.].
1899 Pacific Reporter 56 98/2 It is a son of a bitch of a shame for to hit a man like that.
1939 J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath xx. 335 They's a big son-of-a-bitch of a peach orchard I worked in.
1957 J. Kerouac On the Road i. iv. 24 They gunned up the truck to seventy... ‘We been riding this sonofabitch since Des Moines.’
1983 L. O'Connor Reporter in Sweet Chicago v. 132 It's a son of a bitch to be turning out this slop in the U.S. Army... It's a real son of a bitch.
2000 T. Clancy Bear & Dragon xxxv. 525 They're so different from us that reading their minds is a son of a bitch.
2017 D. Hunt & R. J. Pineiro Without Mercy xxii. 134 Patterson..spotted the runaway tanker... ‘That's one big son of a bitch.’
4. As a term of abuse for a woman. rare.
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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior person > [noun] > as abused > female
visenagec1460
bitch-clout?a1475
harlot?c1500
tarleather1575
whipperginnie1593
brach1612
city wire1616
she-dog1624
cunt1663
faggot1722
son of a bitch1936
1936 H. Miller Black Spring 250 He got to working overtime in order to lay aside the little bribe which would make the frigid son of a bitch come across like a nymphomaniac.
1982 R. S. Reid Max Holly vi. 127 She's a real sonofabitch.
B. int.
Used as an expletive expressing anger, annoyance, surprise, etc.
ΚΠ
1933 Follies Winter 31/2 ‘Your vocabulary is all right.’ ‘Sunovabych!’
1953 W. S. Burroughs Junkie ii. 31Sonofabitch!’ she snarled. ‘They can tell when a woman isn't looking for a pickup.’
1970 T. McNally ¡Cuba Si! in Three Plays 8 Son of a bitch, those buzzards got my goat.
1992 H. N. Schwarzkopf It doesn't take Hero x. 156 Something had been gnawing at me all day..and now all of a sudden it hit me. Son of a bitch!
2010 Canberra Times (Nexis) 30 Jan. a12 You suddenly blurted Son-of-a-bitch as if you had spotted a sniper.

Phrases

Used in comparisons or similes to emphasize strength, ferocity, speed, etc., esp. in like a son of a bitch.
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1828 Lion 17 Oct. 511 He worked like a son of a bitch.
1953 W. S. Burroughs Junkie viii. 76 I hit Philly sick as a sonofabitch.
1976 New Yorker 15 Mar. 32/3 Well, I hit that bastard with my white fist and ran out of there like a sonuvabitch.
1990 R. Ludlum Bourne Ultimatum i. 5 Get out of here—run like a son of a bitch and find a telephone.
2005 Sandusky (Ohio) Reg. 27 Apr. b4 The car takes off like a son-of-a-bitch.

Derivatives

ˌson-of-a-ˈbitching adj. despicable, obnoxious, contemptible (used esp. as an intensifier).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior person > [adjective] > as abused
lousyc1386
greasya1529
mongrela1594
shake rotten1595
strummell-patch1600
thornbackly1605
toad-spotted1608
pissabed1643
shit-breeched1664
shit-breech1675
mole-catching1693
nine-eyed1694
poxya1758
cocksucking1872
bastard1877
motherfucking1890
son-of-a-bitching1902
so-and-so1929
mother-raping1932
zombie1937
chickenshit1940
pissy-arsed1940
bastarding1944
mother-loving1948
mothering1951
1902 Southwestern Reporter 69 876/1 I am going to kill that son of a bitching partner of mine.
1930 J. Dos Passos 42nd Parallel i. 101 Every sonofabitchin yellerleg in the State of Nevada.
1960 J. Kirkwood There must be Pony! i. 8 The meanest son-of-a-bitching parrot you could ever run up against.
2006 S. Lanning Harper's Bluff xl. 299 I'm gonna make good and sure that son-of-a-bitching father of his rots in the filthiest prison I can find.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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