gaffe

英 [gæf] 美
  • n. 失态;过失
  • n. (Gaffe)人名;(法)加夫

GRE

词态变化


复数: gaffes;

中文词源


gaffe 失礼

原义为钩子,同gaff. 失礼义词源不详,可能是来自拟声词,鸭子叫声,拙劣的说话。

英文词源


gaffe (n.)
"blunder," 1909, perhaps from French gaffe "clumsy remark," originally "boat hook," from Middle French gaffe (15c.), from Old Provençal 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)).

双语例句


1. I had no idea of the gaffe which I was committing.
我不清楚我犯了什么错误.

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. He didn't realize what a gaffe he'd made.
他没意识到自己已出乖露丑.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. Wuduo stuck out her tongue in dismay at her gaffe.
五多把舌伸伸,表示口不关风说错了话.

来自汉英文学 - 中国现代小说

4. He made an embarrassing gaffe at the convention last weekend.
他在上周末的会议上出了洋相,狼狈不堪。

来自辞典例句

5. He would have to make amends for his monumental gaffe of earlier today.
他一定得对今天早上极端失礼的行为进行补救.

来自辞典例句