| 单词 | bastard |
| 释义 | bastard (once / 1483 pages) nadj Bastard used to be a not nice thing you called a child whose parents weren't married. But now it's a more general insult hurled toward a jerk or bad person. Bastard can also simply mean "fraudulent." This is a great example of how words change in meaning over time. Today, if you were called a bastard, it probably has nothing to do with whether or not your parents are married: it just means someone doesn't like you (unless they call you a magnificent bastard, which is a compliment). Bastard can also mean phony or fake, like a bastard version of French that is not correct. When you think bastard, think illegitimate. WORD FAMILYbastard: bastardise, bastardize, bastardly, bastards+/bastardise: bastardisation, bastardised, bastardising/bastardize: bastardization, bastardized, bastardizing USAGE EXAMPLES“So there, Scientology, don’t you ever break up another family, you bastards,” Bonny says. Washington Post(Nov 30, 2016) What’s more, without it I would never have to see that sniggering yellow bastard ever again. The Guardian(Nov 24, 2016) Strategy 3: Sue the bastards Environmental groups weren’t ready to comment in detail about their legal strategy in a Trump era. Salon(Nov 22, 2016) 1n the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents Syn|Hyper by-blow, illegitimate, illegitimate child, love child, whoreson issue, offspring, progeny the immediate descendants of a person 2n derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin the architecture was a kind of bastard suggesting Gothic but not true Gothic Syn|Hyper mongrel variation an artifact that deviates from a norm or standard 3n insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous Hyper disagreeable person, unpleasant person a person who is not pleasant or agreeable 4adj fraudulent; having a misleading appearance Syn bogus, fake, phoney, phony counterfeit, imitative not genuine; imitating something superior |
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