fag

fag¹
noun

[in sing.](informal, chiefly Brit.)a tiring or unwelcome task
(非正式，主英)苦差事
it's too much of a fag to drive all the way there and back again.
一路开车去又开车回来，真是太苦太累了。
■(Brit.)a junior pupil at a public school who works and runs errands for a senior pupil
(英)（英制公学里供高年级学生差遣的）低年级学生

(fagged, fagging)

[no obj.](Brit. informal)work hard, especially at a tedious job or task
(英，非正式)努力，辛苦（尤指做冗长乏味的事）
he didn't have to fag away in a lab to get the right answer.
他不必为了得到正确答案在实验室里干得那么辛苦。
■(Brit.)(of a public-school pupil) work and run errands for a senior pupil
(英)（公学学生）供高年级学生使唤
the lower boys in each house fagged for members of the Library.
每座寄宿舍的低年级男生为图书馆成员服务。

语源

mid 16th cent. (as a verb in the sense 'grow weary'): of unknown origin. Compare with flag

fag²
noun

(N. Amer. offensive)a male homosexual
(北美，冒犯)男同性恋者

派生
faggy
adjective
语源

1920s: short for faggot (in sense 3)

fag³
noun

(Brit. informal)a cigarette
(英，非正式)香烟

语源

late 19th cent.: elliptically from fag end

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