单词 | stag |
释义 | stag —staglike, adj. /stag/, n. , v. , stagged, stagging, adj. , adv. n. 1. an adult male deer. 2. the male of various other animals. 3. a man who attends a social gathering unaccompanied by a woman. 4. Informal. See stag party. 5. a swine or bull castrated after maturation of the sex organs. 6. Brit. a speculator who buys securities of a new issue in the hope of selling them quickly at a higher price. v.i. 7. Informal. (of a man) to attend a social function without a female companion. adj. 8. of or for men only: a stag dinner. 9. intended for male audiences and usually pornographic in content: a stag show. adv. 10. without a companion or date: to go stag to a dance. [1150-1200; ME stagge; akin to ON steggi, steggr male bird ( > E (north dial.) steg gander), Icel steggur male fox, tomcat] |
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