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| 释义 | 〔tarnation〕The noun and interjectiontarnation illustrate suffixation, the addition of a suffix to a word.Tarnation and darnation (the latter probably having come first) are both euphemistic forms ofdamnation. Tarnationseems to have been influenced by tarnal, another mild oath derived from (e ) ternal! TheOxford English Dictionary cites late-18th-century examples of tarnation from New England, indicating that it has been part of American speech since colonial days.既是名词又是感叹词的tarnation 阐明了加后缀的构词法, 即将一个后缀加到一个词的末尾。Tarnation 和 darnation (后者可能先出现) 都是damnstion这个词的委婉形式。 Tarnation看来是受了 tarnal 一词的影响, 后者是从(e ) ternal 派生出来的一个较温和的诅咒语。 牛津英语辞典 援引了18世纪后期新英格兰地区居民使用 tarnation 一词的例子, 以此说明自殖民地时期起它就是美国语言的一部分〔Od〕Used as a mild oath.天啊,哎呀:指温和的诅咒语〔expletive〕An exclamation or oath, especially one that is profane, vulgar, or obscene.诅咒语:喊叫或誓言,尤指不敬的、粗俗的或淫秽的 |
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