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dort

UK /dɔːt/US /dɔːrt/

词源

源自中古英语 'dorten',可能与古诺尔斯语 'dortinn'(傲慢的)有关。

noun

❶ 指一种小型、简陋的住所或临时搭建的棚屋,通常用于临时居住或存放物品。

“The fishermen built a small dort near the shore.”

(渔民们在岸边搭建了一个简陋的小棚屋。)

“He stored his tools in the old dort behind the house.”

(他把工具存放在房子后面的旧棚屋里。)

同义词:hut, shack, shed

verb

❶ 指以傲慢或轻蔑的态度对待他人,表现出高高在上的姿态。

“She dorted at his suggestion, clearly unimpressed.”

(她对他的建议嗤之以鼻,显然不以为然。)

“He always dorts when someone disagrees with him.”

(每当有人不同意他的意见时,他总是摆出一副傲慢的态度。)

同义词:sneer, scorn, look down on

常见短语

in a dort — 形容某人处于一种傲慢或轻蔑的情绪中,通常指对他人或某事表现出不屑一顾的态度。

“He was in a dort all day, refusing to speak to anyone.”

(他一整天都摆出一副傲慢的样子,拒绝和任何人说话。)