英単語

scutの意味・使い方・発音

scut

英 [skʌt] 美
  • n.短い尻尾;軽蔑すべき人;単調で退屈な汚い言葉

英語の語源


scut (n.2)
term of contempt for a person, 1873, of unknown origin.
scut (n.1)
"short, erect tail" (of a rabbit, hare, deer, etc.), 1520s; earlier "a hare" (mid-15c.), perhaps from Old Norse skjota "to shoot (with a weapon), launch, push, shove quickly" (compare Norwegian skudda "to shove, push"), from PIE *skeud- "to shoot, chase, throw" (see shoot (v.)).

例文


1. Let it do the scut -work.
日常の仕事をさせます。

2.The hospital hired him to do scut work.
その病院は彼をウェイターの仕事として雇った。

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