arse: [OE] Arse is a word of considerable antiquity, and its relatives are found practically from end to end of the geographical range of the Indo-European language family, from Old Irish err ‘tail’ in the west to Armenian or ‘rump’. Its Indo-European source was *órsos, which produced the Germanic form *arsaz: hence German arsch, Dutch aars, and, via Old English ?rs, English arse.
The euphemistic American spelling ass appears to be as recent as the 1930s, although there is one isolated (British) record of it from 1860. The term wheatear, for a thrushlike European bird, is an alteration over time of a Middle English epithet ‘white arse’, after its white rump feathers.
arse (n.)
"buttocks," Old English ?rs "tail, rump," from Proto-Germanic *arsoz (cognates: Old Saxon, Old High German, Old Norse ars, Middle Dutch ?rs, German Arsch "buttock"), from PIE root *ors- "buttock, backside" (cognates: Greek orros "tail, rump, base of the spine," Hittite arrash, Armenian or "buttock," Old Irish err "tail"). Middle English had arse-winning "money obtained by prostitution" (late 14c.).
例文
1. Nobody likes a smart arse .
独りよがりな人を好きになる人はいません。
2.Have you ever seen such a bunch of self-righteous, arse -covering prigs？
なぜ私はいつも独りよがりのお弁当に出会っているのですか。
3.I think I can wipe my own arse ，Mr.Sugarman，thank you！
自分でできると思います、シュガーマンさん、ありがとうございました！
4.I would kiss a man 's arse if I needed him.
誰かが必要なら、お尻を舐めさせても承諾します。
5.I do not need to be pregnant to kick your arse .