gaffe
英 [g?f]
美
- n. 失態；過失
- n. (Gaffe)人名；(法)加夫
GRE
詞態變化
復數:?gaffes;
中文詞源
gaffe 失禮
原義為鉤子，同gaff. 失禮義詞源不詳，可能是來自擬聲詞，鴨子叫聲，拙劣的說話。
英文詞源
- gaffe (n.)
- "blunder," 1909, perhaps from French gaffe "clumsy remark," originally "boat hook," from Middle French gaffe (15c.), from Old Proven?al gafar "to seize," probably from a Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *gaf-, which is perhaps from PIE *kap- "to grasp, catch" (see capable). Sense connection between the hook and the blunder is obscure; the gaff was used to land big fish. Or the Modern English word might derive from British slang verb gaff "to cheat, trick" (1893); or gaff "criticism" (1896), from Scottish dialect sense of "loud, rude talk" (see gaff (n.2)).
雙語例句
- 1. I had no idea of the gaffe which I was committing.
- 我不清楚我犯了什么錯誤.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. He didn't realize what a gaffe he'd made.
- 他沒意識到自己已出乖露丑.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. Wuduo stuck out her tongue in dismay at her gaffe.
- 五多把舌伸伸,表示口不關風說錯了話.
來自漢英文學 - 中國現代小說
- 4. He made an embarrassing gaffe at the convention last weekend.
- 他在上周末的會議上出了洋相，狼狽不堪。
來自辭典例句
- 5. He would have to make amends for his monumental gaffe of earlier today.
- 他一定得對今天早上極端失禮的行為進行補救.
來自辭典例句