英语词汇“oaf”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

oaf

/əʊf

noun

A man who is rough or clumsy and unintelligent: they are just big, clumsy oafs...

That is, I am insensitive, brutal, clumsy and a big oaf.
Our branch contains a fair number of clumsy oafs and we own a hard boat with plenty of deck space for stumbling about.
Seriously, if a man is a clumsy oaf before you met him, he'll always have that streak of clumsiness.

Synonyms

lout, boor, barbarian, Neanderthal, churl, clown, gawk, hulk, bumpkin, yokel;

fool, dolt, dullard;

Irish bosthoon

informal idiot, imbecile, halfwit, cretin, ass, jackass, goon, jerk, oik, yahoo, ape, gorilla, baboon, bear, lump, clodhopper, clod, blockhead, meathead, bonehead, chucklehead, knucklehead, lamebrain

informal, dated muttonhead, noddy, hobbledehoy

British informal clot, twit, twonk, numpty, muppet, plonker, berk, prat, pillock, wally, git, wazzock, nerk, dork, yob, yobbo, chav

Scottish informal nyaff, sumph, gowk, galoot

Irish informal gobdaw

North American informal bozo, schmuck, boob, lamer, chowderhead, dumbhead, lummox, klutz, putz, schlemiel, gink, cluck, ding-dong, wiener, weeny, dip, spud, coot, palooka, poop, squarehead, hick, goofus, clunk, dingleberry, turkey, stumblebum

Australian informal dingbat, alec, galah, nong, bogan, poon, boofhead, drongo, dill

South African informal skate, mompara

vulgar slang dickhead, fuckwit, fuckhead, shit for brains, dildo

British vulgar slang arsehole, arse, dick, tit, tosser, knobhead

North American vulgar slang asshat

Irish vulgar slang gobshite

archaic clodpole, lubber

Origin

Early 17th century: variant of obsolete auf, from Old Norse álfr 'elf'. The original meaning was 'elf's child, changeling', later 'idiot child' and 'halfwit', generalized in the current sense.

The word oaf goes back to Old Norse alfr ‘an elf’. It originally meant ‘an elf's child, a changeling’, and from this came to be used for ‘an idiot child’, and then ‘fool’ or ‘halfwit’. Finally, in the early 20th century, it acquired the general sense of ‘large clumsy man’, a sense used by Rudyard Kipling in The Islanders (1903) when he referred to cricketers and footballers as ‘flannelled fools at the wicket’ and ‘muddied oafs at the goals’.

单词	oaf
释义	oaf /əʊf / noun A man who is rough or clumsy and unintelligent: they are just big, clumsy oafs... That is, I am insensitive, brutal, clumsy and a big oaf. Our branch contains a fair number of clumsy oafs and we own a hard boat with plenty of deck space for stumbling about. Seriously, if a man is a clumsy oaf before you met him, he'll always have that streak of clumsiness. Synonyms lout, boor, barbarian, Neanderthal, churl, clown, gawk, hulk, bumpkin, yokel; fool, dolt, dullard; Irish bosthoon informal idiot, imbecile, halfwit, cretin, ass, jackass, goon, jerk, oik, yahoo, ape, gorilla, baboon, bear, lump, clodhopper, clod, blockhead, meathead, bonehead, chucklehead, knucklehead, lamebrain informal, dated muttonhead, noddy, hobbledehoy British informal clot, twit, twonk, numpty, muppet, plonker, berk, prat, pillock, wally, git, wazzock, nerk, dork, yob, yobbo, chav Scottish informal nyaff, sumph, gowk, galoot Irish informal gobdaw North American informal bozo, schmuck, boob, lamer, chowderhead, dumbhead, lummox, klutz, putz, schlemiel, gink, cluck, ding-dong, wiener, weeny, dip, spud, coot, palooka, poop, squarehead, hick, goofus, clunk, dingleberry, turkey, stumblebum Australian informal dingbat, alec, galah, nong, bogan, poon, boofhead, drongo, dill South African informal skate, mompara vulgar slang dickhead, fuckwit, fuckhead, shit for brains, dildo British vulgar slang arsehole, arse, dick, tit, tosser, knobhead North American vulgar slang asshat Irish vulgar slang gobshite archaic clodpole, lubber Origin Early 17th century: variant of obsolete auf, from Old Norse álfr 'elf'. The original meaning was 'elf's child, changeling', later 'idiot child' and 'halfwit', generalized in the current sense. The word oaf goes back to Old Norse alfr ‘an elf’. It originally meant ‘an elf's child, a changeling’, and from this came to be used for ‘an idiot child’, and then ‘fool’ or ‘halfwit’. Finally, in the early 20th century, it acquired the general sense of ‘large clumsy man’, a sense used by Rudyard Kipling in The Islanders (1903) when he referred to cricketers and footballers as ‘flannelled fools at the wicket’ and ‘muddied oafs at the goals’. Rhymes loaf
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