butt

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Tobacco, Weapons, Daily lifebuttbutt1 /bʌt/ noun [countable] 1 HBHpart of your body American English informal the part of your body that you sit on SYN buttocks a baby’s soft little butt → be a pain in the butt2 CIGARETTEcigaretteDFT the end of a cigarette after most of it has been smoked3 → be the butt of something4 GUNgunPMW the thick end of the handle of a gun a rifle butt5 → get your butt in/out/over etc 6 → work/play etc your butt off7 CONTAINERcontainerD British English a large round container for collecting or storing liquids a rainwater butt8 ACT OF STRIKING somethinghitting with your headHIT the act of hitting someone with your headExamples from the Corpusbutt• I scraped cigarette butts and bloodied mashed potatoes off plates, dumped half-eaten steaks and broken lobsters into bins.• This team has really taken to both of us out there busting our butts.• Pool, so often the butt of soccer jokes, on the threshold of the First Division?• The butt part has a higher ratio of lean to bone than the shank part and is often priced higher.• The water butt juggles with raindrops.• Get your butt on a bird, Slick, and let's make Bad Money. buttbutt2 verb [intransitive, transitive] 1 HITto hit or push against something or someone with your head2 HITif an animal butts someone, it hits them with its horns → butt in → butt out→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusbutt• Or butted a marshal with his head.• He wriggled around in her arms, then turned and butted his head against her shoulder, lightly but repeatedly.• Those who butt in because they are curious, nosy and feel entitled to the involvement they seek.• I wake with a touch on my face and turn sideways butting my head into darkness.• The same consideration stopped me from butting the animal.• Through the front window lay a sprawl of hills, but the window above my bed butted the neighbour's garage.• Use the special ready-mixed adhesive recommended and hang by butting up one tile to the next.Origin butt1 1. (1400-1500) Origin unknown. 2. (1300-1400) Old French but “target, goal, end”3. (1400-1500) Old French botte4. (1500-1600) → BUTT2 butt2 (1400-1500) Old French boter “to push”

单词	butt
释义	butt From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Tobacco, Weapons, Daily lifebuttbutt1 /bʌt/ noun [countable] 1 HBHpart of your body American English informal the part of your body that you sit on SYN buttocks a baby’s soft little butt → be a pain in the butt2 CIGARETTEcigaretteDFT the end of a cigarette after most of it has been smoked3 → be the butt of something4 GUNgunPMW the thick end of the handle of a gun a rifle butt5 → get your butt in/out/over etc 6 → work/play etc your butt off7 CONTAINERcontainerD British English a large round container for collecting or storing liquids a rainwater butt8 ACT OF STRIKING somethinghitting with your headHIT the act of hitting someone with your headExamples from the Corpusbutt• I scraped cigarette butts and bloodied mashed potatoes off plates, dumped half-eaten steaks and broken lobsters into bins.• This team has really taken to both of us out there busting our butts.• Pool, so often the butt of soccer jokes, on the threshold of the First Division?• The butt part has a higher ratio of lean to bone than the shank part and is often priced higher.• The water butt juggles with raindrops.• Get your butt on a bird, Slick, and let's make Bad Money. buttbutt2 verb [intransitive, transitive] 1 HITto hit or push against something or someone with your head2 HITif an animal butts someone, it hits them with its horns → butt in → butt out→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusbutt• Or butted a marshal with his head.• He wriggled around in her arms, then turned and butted his head against her shoulder, lightly but repeatedly.• Those who butt in because they are curious, nosy and feel entitled to the involvement they seek.• I wake with a touch on my face and turn sideways butting my head into darkness.• The same consideration stopped me from butting the animal.• Through the front window lay a sprawl of hills, but the window above my bed butted the neighbour's garage.• Use the special ready-mixed adhesive recommended and hang by butting up one tile to the next.Origin butt1 1. (1400-1500) Origin unknown. 2. (1300-1400) Old French but “target, goal, end”3. (1400-1500) Old French botte4. (1500-1600) → BUTT2 butt2 (1400-1500) Old French boter “to push”
随便看	play the the lead role play the the teacher etc play the waiting game play time play to the gallery play to your strengths play tricks play tricks (on you) play tricks on you play truant play up play up to play up to somebody play upon play with play with fire play with somebody/something play your cards close to your chest play your cards close to your chest play your cards right play-acting play-by-play Play-Doh play/act the fool play/keep your cards close to your chest